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Police assignments in urgency category A increased by 5.8 per cent from the previous year (an increase of 3,930 assignments).
was caused by the increase in the number of assignments resulting from the exceptional- ly large number of asylum seekers, and the active and visible monitoring at the asylum seeker reception centres, as well as traf c surveillance assignments.
There were 6.8 per cent fewer assignments in urgency category B compared to the previous year (-38,480 assignments).
OPERATIONAL READINESS TIME REMAINED ALMOST UNCHANGED
The operational readiness time of the police was 9.4 minutes in the most urgent category A assignments. The time remained almost unchanged from the previous years (2015: 9.3 min).
The operational readiness time of category AB assignments remained almost unchanged at 17.9 minutes (2015: 17.8 min).
In urgency category A assignments (totalling 71,530), the police arrived on the scene in under 13 minutes in 79.2 per cent of the as- signments. Despite the increase in the number
of assignments, availability improved by 0.2 per cent (2015: 79%).
In urgency category AB assignments (totalling 529,334), the police arrived on the scene in under 25 minutes in 78 per cent of the assign- ments. Correspondingly, the police arrived on the scene in under 40 minutes in 90 per cent of the assignments, and in under 60 minutes in 96 per cent of the assignments.
In only four per cent of the assignments, the operational readiness time of the police was over one hour (21,273 assignments out of 529,334).
CLEAR IMPROVEMENT IN TRAFFIC SAFETY
In 2016, traf c safety improved clearly both when compared to the previous year and when considered in the long term.
The number of traf c fatalities decreased by around ten per cent from the previous year. At the same time, the numbers of injuries and severe injuries in traf c continued to fall, al- though passenger car and van traf c increased
by 1.5 per cent. The number of fatalities in ac- cidents involving heavy-duty traf c increased from the previous year, but the number of injuries in these accidents decreased. In 2016, the amount of heavy-duty traf c on the main roads increased by 3.3 per cent.
The police uncovered slightly more traf c violations than in the previous year. The key reason for this was increased automatic sur- veillance, the total output of which showed a clear increase. This was based on the stream- lining of police work and the development of information systems, allowing faster process- ing of the cases.
Furthermore, the lowered threshold of inter- vention in police surveillance increased the number of cases. The number of detected cas- es of aggravated causing of a traf c hazard did not change signi cantly from the previous year.
The total number of drunk driving cases un- covered by the police decreased slightly from the previous year. However, an increase in the number of non-alcohol-based drivers under the in uence is clearly evident. The number
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