Scale and composition of emergency reactive police demand in Amsterdam, Netherlands. ...

Recent analyses of emergency calls for service data in the United States suggest that as little as 50% of police time on scene is spent on crime-related calls for service. The remainder of time is spent in a social service capacity: attending well-being checks and resolving community issues, amongst others. Findings have important implications for deployment decisions, officer training, public perceptions of the police and the distribution of public funds towards (or away) from law enforcement. Yet, no such investigation has been undertaken in the Netherlands and measures of ‘demand’ (e.g., of... Mehr ...