article_snippet.sent: Crime victims seeking emergency help are waiting up to 50 per cent longer for assistance compared with three years ago with response times increasing by an extra couple of minutes.
article_snippet.sent: In Essex and Kent, crime victims are waiting up to a third longer for a response.
article_snippet.sent: Crime victims in Cambridgeshire and South Wales wait on average 14 minutes.
article_snippet.sent: It can come as no surprise that victims of crime are now having to wait significantly longer for police help to arrive. '
article_snippet.sent: Otherwise, despite the best efforts of officers, victims of crime are going to have to wait longer and longer for police attention.'
highlights_snippet.sent: Some crime vicitms are waiting up to two minutes longer for a response .
  