The city police ranked first in <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/search/maharashtra-all" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Maharashtra</a> by clocking the response time of 4.20 minutes to distress calls in October, the city police commissionerate said on Wednesday.
It also said the <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/search/thane-all" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Thane</a> police modernised the Maharashtra Emergency Response System (MERC) with 45 four-wheelers and 60 two-wheelers fitted with GPS.
"The response time to calls from citizens in distress in October stood at 4.20 minutes," an official release said.
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The police control room on average receives 250 to 300 calls per day. A total of 8,175 calls were received in October which was duly attended to, it said.
The Emergency Response Support System (ERSS) is a pan-India single number (112) based emergency response system for citizens in emergencies.&nbsp;
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The police control room on average receives 250 to 300 calls per day. A total of 8,175 calls were received in October which was duly attended to

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