IR-01-23-34647
13 November 2023
Chris McCashin
[FYI request #24521 email]
Tēnā koe Chris
Request for information
Thank you for your Official Information Act 1982 (OIA) request dated 27 October 2023.
You asked:
Please provide the numbers per year on the call outs for police which you
previously provided.
I require the same information you provided in this request response broken
down by year since 2000
https://fyi.org.nz/request/24452-sudden-deaths-responded-to-by-
police#incoming-92303 (IR-01-23-32890)
When Police communication centres receive a request for service, an event is entered in
the Communication and Resource Deployment (CARD) system. CARD events can only
have one code type, and Police practice is to code the most serious risk or alleged
offence. Sudden deaths would usually be coded as 1S.
The table below shows the number of events closed as 1S (when most information is
known about the event) attended by police between 1 January 2000 and 31 October
2023.
Table 1. Attended 1S (at closure) events between 1 January 2000 and 31 October 2023.
Attended
Median
Median
Median
Calendar Year
1S Events
Response Time
Attendance Time
Attendance Units
2000
4,529
18 min 39 sec
1 hr 40 min
2
2001
4,585
19 min 19 sec
1 hr 43 min
2
2002
4,496
20 min 42 sec
1 hr 47 min
2
2003
4,479
20 min 39 sec
1 hr 52 min
2
2004
4,512
20 min 26 sec
1 hr 51 min
2
2005
4,194
20 min 20 sec
1 hr 57 min
2
2006
4,760
20 min 25 sec
2 hr 19 min
2
Police National Headquarters
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2007
4,601
21 min 7 sec
2 hr 26 min
2
2008
4,773
20 min 42 sec
2 hr 34 min
2
2009
4,767
20 min 14 sec
2 hr 36 min
2
2010
4,622
20 min 21 sec
2 hr 40 min
2
2011
4,638
20 min 26 sec
2 hr 44 min
2
2012
4,648
21 min 1 sec
2 hr 42 min
2
2013
4,371
20 min 9 sec
2 hr 43 min
2
2014
4,698
20 min 8 sec
2 hr 47 min
2
2015
4,761
20 min 25 sec
2 hr 48 min
2
2016
4,629
20 min 56 sec
2 hr 49 min
2
2017
5,017
20 min 7 sec
2 hr 47 min
2
2018
5,124
20 min 11 sec
2 hr 54 min
2
2019
5,358
22 min 41 sec
3 hr 3 min
2
2020
5,124
21 min 49 sec
3 hr 4 min
2
2021
5,306
21 min 18 sec
3 hr 13 min
2
2022
5,924
23 min 0 sec
3 hr 22 min
2
2023 to 31 Oct
5,003
23 min 1 sec
3 hr 32 min
2
Data in this response is drawn from a dynamic operational database and is subject to
change as new information is recorded or updated.
Please note that as part of its commitment to openness and transparency, Police
proactively releases some information and documents that may be of interest to the
public. An anonymised version of this response may be publicly released on the New
Zealand Police website.
Ngā mihi
A/Superintendent Bronwyn Marshall
Director Emergency Communications Centres (Relieving)