NEW POLICE NON-EMERGENCY NUMBER

Police forces across England and Wales are rolling out 101 as the new police non-emergency number - the number to call when you want to contact your local police, but when it's less urgent than 999. 101 will be available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and is due to be adopted by every police force in England by early 2012.

It was first piloted in 2006 as a partnership between the police and local authorities. It has continued to operate since then as a police non-emergency number in Wales, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, and Sheffield as a partnership between the police and the local council. For more details about the roll-out, including links to information about your area and downloadable resources to support promotion of the new number, please click here: http://bit.ly/pyOtjh <http://www.ourwatch.org.uk/news_and_events/news/101_police_non_emergenc y_number/>