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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Emma Lawson

BIZARRE: Police call handlers used fake system to manipulate response targets | Mind Blowing Facts

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A police control-room in Scotland used a fake system to manipulate response time targets for eight years, it has been reported.

Thousands of calls to the Bilston Glen control room in Loanhead, Midlothian, were given a bogus call sign called DUMY, according to the BBC.

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