nonemergency
noun
a situation which does not require urgent attention or the involvement of emergency services.
nonemergencies
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pluralof nonemergency.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The Los Angeles Schools Anonymous Reporting app, also known as LASAR, was unveiled in March 2023 and allows anyone to anonymously report nonemergencies and suspicious activity to the Los Angeles School Police Department.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2024
People in Cowlitz County who use Medicaid can also use a transportation service called Community in Motion for nonemergencies, like going to doctors’ appointments.
From Seattle Times ● May 3, 2024
The deaths led the city to expand mobile crisis teams that handle psychiatric calls that are deemed nonemergencies, reducing response times from an average of 17 hours to about two hours.
From New York Times ● Oct. 4, 2021
A Seattle Times analysis in May found police were responding to drastically fewer dispatch calls, and that emergency response times were still up even though police had simply stopped going to some nonemergencies, including break-ins.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 24, 2021
The police phone line for nonemergencies has been overwhelmed with people calling to “dob in,” as we say here, reporting others they think are breaching the rules.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 7, 2020
