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A senior official from Beijing Municipal Bureau of Public Security
said Tuesday that the number of 110 emergency call services totaled
1.46 million in 2000, up 70 percent from 1999.
Xu Song, commissar of the Directing Center in the Municipal Bureau
of Public Security, said that some 650,000 people benefited from
the 110 service the previous year.
Xu said that the swelling number of emergency calls reflected a
strengthened crime-fighting awareness among the public.
Statistics show that Beijing police have caught 8,270 suspects
through emergency calls in 2000, an increase of 31 percent over
1999.
Meanwhile, 110 call service has effectively responded to various
urgent requests from the public. Emergency police officers rushed
to save the life of a woman committing suicide only four minutes
after receiving the 110 call on January 18, 2000.
January 10 is Beijing's 110 Emergency Call Day. This year's activity
will focus on how to call the police effectively.
(People's Daily 01/10/01)
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