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ACPO Response Levels for Security Systems
The Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) brings together the expertise and experience of chief police officers from England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
A Brief Explanation for the Table Below Follows:
The 'Intruder Threshold' column is the number of false alarms different Police Forces will attend before Police response will be withdrawn.
NB: Some Police Forces state '3un 5conf', this means that Police response will be withdrawn after 3 false alarms for unconfirmed systems (systems installed pre-2002; when the DD243 Standard was introduced) or Police response is withdrawn after 5 false alarms for systems that can give confirmation.
The 'Level 2 - Yes/No' column indicates whether systems unable to give confirmation (& fitted post-DD243) will get a Police response if Police resources are available (Level 1 always takes presedence).
The 'PA Threshold' column indicates how many personal attack false alarms are permitted before Police response is withdrawn.
The 'Combine Intruder/PA - Yes/No' column indicates whether a particular Police Force issues 1 or 2 URNs for Police calling systems that incorporate both personal attack and an intruder alarm.
The 'Warning Letter - 1st/2nd call / 0' column indicates ...
The 'Zeroing/Reduction of false calls' column is for industry use.
|
Police Force |
Intruder Threshold |
Level 2 Yes/No |
PA Threshold |
Combine Intruder/PA Yes/No |
Warning Letter 1st/2nd call / 0 |
Zeroing/ Levels 1&2 only |
|
Avon & Somerset |
3 |
NO |
2 |
YES |
2nd |
ZERO |
|
Bedfordshire |
3 |
NO |
5 |
NO |
2nd |
ZERO |
|
Cambridgeshire |
3 |
NO |
2 |
YES |
2nd |
ZERO |
|
Cheshire |
3 |
NO |
2 |
YES |
1st |
ZERO |
|
Cleveland |
3 |
NO |
2 |
YES |
2nd |
ZERO |
|
Cumbria |
3 |
NO |
2 |
NO |
2nd |
ZERO |
|
Derbyshire |
3 |
NO |
2 |
YES |
2nd |
ZERO |
|
Devon & Corn |
3 |
NO |
2 |
YES |
2nd |
-2 |
|
Dorset |
3 |
NO |
3 |
NO |
2nd |
ZERO |
|
Durham |
3 |
NO |
2 |
NO |
2nd |
ZERO |
|
Dyfed-Powys |
3 |
NO |
2 |
NO |
2nd |
ZERO |
|
Essex |
3 |
NO |
2 |
NO |
2nd |
ZERO |
|
Gloucestershire |
3 |
NO |
3 |
NO |
2nd |
ZERO |
|
GMP |
3 |
NO |
2 |
NO |
2nd |
ZERO |
|
Gwent |
3 |
NO |
2 |
NO |
2nd |
ZERO |
|
Hampshire |
3 |
NO |
3 |
YES |
2nd |
ZERO |
|
Hertfordshire |
3 |
NO |
2 |
NO |
1st |
ZERO |
|
Humberside |
3 |
YES |
2 |
YES |
1st |
ZERO |
|
Kent |
3 |
NO |
3 |
YES |
2nd |
ZERO |
|
Lancashire * |
5 |
YES |
5 |
YES |
2nd |
N/A |
|
Leicestershire |
3 |
NO |
3 |
NO |
2nd |
ZERO |
|
Lincolnshire |
3 |
NO |
2 |
BOTH |
2nd |
-2 |
|
London Met |
3un 5conf |
YES |
2 |
YES |
2nd |
-2 |
|
London City |
3un 5 conf |
YES |
2 |
YES |
2nd |
-2 |
|
Merseyside |
3 |
NO |
2 |
NO |
2nd |
ZERO |
|
Norfolk |
3 |
NO |
3 |
BOTH |
2nd |
ZERO |
|
Northamptonshire |
3 |
NO |
2 |
YES |
2nd |
-2 |
|
Northumbria ** |
3 |
NO |
2 |
YES |
2nd |
ZERO |
|
North Wales |
3 |
NO |
2 |
YES |
2nd |
ZERO |
|
North Yorkshire |
3 |
NO |
2 |
YES |
2nd |
ZERO |
|
Nottinghamshire |
3 |
NO |
2 |
YES |
NO |
N/A |
|
PSNI** |
3 |
NO |
2 |
YES |
1st |
ZERO |
|
South Wales |
3 |
YES |
2 |
YES |
2nd |
NO |
|
South Yorkshire |
3 |
NO |
3 |
YES |
2nd |
ZERO |
|
Staffordshire |
3 |
NO |
3 |
BOTH |
2nd |
-2 |
|
Suffolk |
3 |
NO |
3 |
YES |
2nd |
NO |
|
Surrey |
3 |
NO |
2 |
NO |
NO |
ZERO |
|
Sussex |
3 |
NO |
3 |
NO |
2nd |
ZERO |
|
Thames Valley |
3 |
NO |
2 |
YES |
1st |
ZERO |
|
Warwickshire |
3 |
NO |
2 |
YES |
2nd |
-2 |
|
West Mercia |
3 |
YES |
2 |
NO |
2nd |
ZERO |
|
West Midlands |
3 |
NO |
2 |
BOTH |
2nd |
N/A |
|
West Yorkshire |
3 |
NO |
3 |
YES |
2nd |
ZERO |
|
Wiltshire |
3 |
NO |
3 |
NO |
2nd |
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* Lancashire is deferring any changes until circa 18 months time when they plan to bring in a new Command and Control.
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