A quarter of a million pounds is to be spent improving Devon and Cornwall police's non-emergency 101 phone line - after the discovery it's even worse than a year ago.
The police and crime commissioner Tony Hogg has ringfenced money to make it fit for purpose.
Callers currently wait an average of 8 minutes to be transferred to an enquiry centre - and then a further 10 minutes before being dealt with by a member of staff.
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