Avon and Somerset police is the fastest in the country at answering 999 calls, new figures have revealed.
The Home Office set targets for police forces to answer 90 per cent of all the emergency calls it receives within ten seconds - and Avon and Somerset was the only force in the country to hit that target.
The average time someone has to wait on the phone if they’ve dialled 999 is just 6.1 seconds in Avon and Somerset - and the force took 22,767 calls in six months - around 125 a day.
