An unprecedented number of calls have been received by police call handlers in Lincolnshire.
There have been 17,000 more calls in the six months from January to July than the same period last year.
Of those, 4,500 were 999 calls for emergency help and the remainder were non-emergency 101 calls.
The service dealt with 1,000 calls a day from Thursday, August 17 to Saturday, August 19 and 700 of those were non emergency.
“We have experienced an unprecedented amount of calls coming into our force control room. Having analysed this, we don’t seem to have one particular type of incident that people have been ringing us in relation to, nor have we experienced a major incident in Lincolnshire that could explain this upsurge,” said Deputy Chief Constable Craig Naylor.
“While of course any increased level of demand stretches our resources that little bit thinner, we will always be glad that you are talking to us – please keep doing it,” he added.
“The more we know about what is going on in the areas where you live or work, the more we can help to keep Lincolnshire a safe place.”
