Police Response Times
Today’s Courier Mail is carrying a rather disturbing story on the time it takes for police to respond to emergency calls. You can read it here.
From our own experience I would suggest that Hervey Bay is probably better served than some areas in the south east. We have called the police on two occasions and each time the response was everything you could hope for.
On the first occasion on a busy Friday afternoon we had spotted a boat in trouble off Shelly Beach. When we called we found that the police were already looking for the boat but had not been given enough information to locate the vessel. They were quickly on the scene once they knew where the boat was situated.
On the second occasion we called on Saturday night when we thought there were intruders trying to break into the house next door. The police arrived within 10 minutes of our call.
