Pittsburgh Police End Responding to Certain Emergency Calls
The city of Pittsburgh says it will no longer respond to 911 calls that are not related to “in progress emergencies” starting this week.
According to a press release titled “Pittsburgh Bureau of Police Makes Operational Changes to Better Serve Pittsburgh,” the city will create a “Telephone Reporting Unit” (TRU) to dispatch calls that do not require an in-person response by officers.
“TRU will NOT be assigned to any ‘In Progress’ call where a suspect may be on scene, any crime where a person may need medical aid, any domestic dispute, calls with evidence, or where the Mobile Crime Unit will be requested to process a scene,” the press release said.
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