Scottish Labour has claimed Scots are being “put in danger” as figures revealed almost a quarter of 101 calls to police were disconnected in the first seven months of 2022.

Figures released by Police Scotland show 216,979 calls to the non-emergency number went unanswered between January and July.

It equates to an average of 30,997 calls disconnected each month.

A total of 876,144 calls were received in the seven-month period, meaning 24.8 per cent of all calls were disconnected.

The data also reveals the longest waits to speak to a police operator during the time period, with several waiting more than one hour to be answered.

In July, the longest wait was more than one hour and 40 minutes, according to the data.

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