Balanced News: Christchurch terror attack inquest: Senior police communicator admits priority of 111 call should have been upgraded

A senior police communicator has admitted that a call containing vital information about the Christchurch terrorist’s plans should have been treated with the highest priority and shared widely among the police. The call, which came from parliamentary services about the terrorist’s manifesto, was labeled a “priority 2” event and was missed by dispatchers and senior officers. The sheer volume of priority 1 firearms events that came in flooded the system and the call was never acted on. The police communicator admitted that the call should have been upgraded to a “priority 1” call and the information should have been shared.