Why is the number in Hongkong 999 instead of 1 10 in Chinese mainland?

In the mid-1980s, in order to meet the needs of the development of the struggle situation, improve the rapid response ability of public security organs to receive police, facilitate the masses to call the police, ask for help and complain, and better serve the people, public security organs in some coastal and inland cities gradually expanded their functions and broadened their service scope, and established 1658.

1986 65438+1October 10, Guangzhou Public Security Bureau established the first 1 10 alarm service desk in China, and officially launched 1 10 alarm service.

1In June, 1987, the Ministry of Public Security issued the Notice on Establishing 1 10 Alarm Service Desk in Public Security Bureaus of Large and Medium-sized Cities, requiring that it take two years to establish 1 10 Alarm Service Desk. Since then, the 1 10 alarm telephone has officially become the 1 10 alarm service desk.

999 Source:

The 999 telephone number in Hong Kong is the same as that in Britain. The emergence of 999 in Britain is related to telephone technology. Because telephones used to be dial-up. Dial the number 1 fastest, and 0 is the slowest. It will take a whole week to complete the transfer. In order to choose a combination that can be remembered by the public, the number should not be too long, and three identical numbers are the most logical.

Not set to 1 1 1, because dialing 1 is the fastest, the old telephone pulse signal is unstable, and it is easy to send false alarm calls, so choose 999 to extend the waiting time.

Extended data:

The police are handling the alarm process:

According to "1 10 working rules for receiving and handling police"

Article 15 1 10 After receiving the alarm, the alarm service desk will send personnel to handle it according to the alarm situation. In case of emergency (incident) endangering public safety, personal or property safety, it shall be reported to the person in charge immediately, and the competent business department shall be notified at the same time when the police are dispatched for disposal.

Article 16 Major cases (incidents) within the scope stipulated in Article 14 of these Rules shall be reported to the person in charge in time according to the nature of the police situation, the scale of the situation and the urgency, and the police shall be dispatched to deal with them quickly according to the work plan and the instructions of the person in charge.

Seventeenth for small-scale general mass incidents, should immediately notify the competent business department, and as appropriate, send police to maintain order at the scene, to assist the relevant departments to dissuade, to prevent the situation from expanding.

Article 18 When a large-scale and violent mass incident occurs, it shall immediately report to the person in charge, and send police to the scene according to the work plan and the instructions of the person in charge to control the situation, assist the relevant departments to do a good job in alleviating and resolving contradictions and calm the situation as soon as possible.

Nineteenth natural disaster alarm should be scheduled according to the type and degree of disasters, and at the same time report to the person in charge.

Twentieth cases (incidents) occur in areas where the jurisdiction of the report is not clear for the time being. Police officers should be designated to handle them first, and then handed over to the relevant departments of the local public security organs for handling if necessary.

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