Vast majority of January's 911 calls non-urgent

The North Bay Police received hundreds of 911 calls in January, but dispatched resources to only 43 emergency situations.“We did not dispatch resources to 278 calls. The 278 calls were determined to not be an emergency or urgent situation that required resources to immediately attend,” said Deputy Chief Scott Tod, noting 911 operators logged a total of 321 calls in January. “Many of these calls are classified as 911 hang ups – no one at the other end of the phone, inadver