alasdair neill
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Yet again the Devon & Cornwall Police have shown their procedures are totally incapable of handling cave resue callouts! (rescue from Prid last week). On numerous occasions they have assured DCRO they now have got the correct procedures in place, but this saga has been going on for 30 years plus so my personal view is whatever they do they will continue to get it wrong.
Personally I would therefore suggest anyone caving in the area makes sure they have contacts for key DCRO personel & contact them rather than go through the "correct" 999 procedure, or at least contact DCRO direct as well.
please note the above is my personal suggestion, & is not any policy of DCRO's or the Police.
At least in Devon there are enough call outs to show the system doesn't work, I'd hate to see what happened in Cornwall if there was ever a serious need for a call out
Personally I would therefore suggest anyone caving in the area makes sure they have contacts for key DCRO personel & contact them rather than go through the "correct" 999 procedure, or at least contact DCRO direct as well.
please note the above is my personal suggestion, & is not any policy of DCRO's or the Police.
At least in Devon there are enough call outs to show the system doesn't work, I'd hate to see what happened in Cornwall if there was ever a serious need for a call out