Article content The city is examining ways to reduce dispatch demand on police, fire, and ambulance services. One city councillor says the examination is a sham. According to a public service report tabled at the cityâs Protection Committee on Wednesday, there were 336,631 calls to the cityâs 911 call centre in 2019. Of these calls, 47% were non-urgent, meaning they didnât represent an immediate threat to life, limb, property, or personal security. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Winnipegâs emergency dispatch review a âfinger-pointingâ exercise, says one councillor Back to video In 2019, the city was chosen to participate in the Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative, which gathered different levels of government to discuss ways of lowering dispatch demand on emergency services.