POLICE in Devon and Cornwall are failing to answer enough 999 calls within their target time.Guidelines state 90 per cent of calls to 999 should be answered within 10 seconds.Some 2,680 calls did not meet that target in the four months from May to August.Police say they have seen an increase in the number of 999 calls and that call handlers are asking more questions to assess the needs of callers.There were 14,135 999 calls in April, 15,887 in May, 16,686 in June, 18,386 in July and 17,471 in...
