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Making Edmonton police response times public again: It's complicated

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Edmonton Police Commissioners voted not to make Edmonton Police Service response time numbers public.

The radio silence from 2021 will continue for the time being.

The time it takes for an officer to attach to a call was one of the main factors to sell the commission on switching to the much-touted “10 Squad” model.

Outgoing Police Chief Dale McFee decried paying too much minute-by-minute attention to response times.

The target is to maintain or improve the five-year average response time of eight minutes this year .

In April 2024 , Toronto Police Chief Myron Demkiw celebrated “a modest, yet consistent reduction in the time it takes to get to Torontonians when they need us most,” with response times dropping from 22 minutes to 18.1 minutes .

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