search for murdered student delayed by four hours due to officer shortages - watchdog /

Dispatch to look for Ellen Higginbottom in Wigan was delayed 13 times,IOPC findsThe search for a murdered college student was delayed for four hours because there was “simply no officers available”, the police watchdog has found.
Ellen Higginbottom, and 18,was reported lost at 7pm on 16 June 2017 and graded as a precedence response, meaning officers should attend within an hour.
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Source: guardian.co.uk