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911 dispatch ‘mistakes’ delayed search for Calgary boy who went missing from care facility: city

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911 dispatch ‘mistakes’ delayed search for Calgary boy who went missing from care facility: city

A review of City of Calgary 911 procedures following the high-profile disappearance and search for an 11-year-old boy this summer found that police dispatch was delayed roughly one hour.

Parker Wells was at a care facility for the day when he went missing in July.

After a large-scale search, his body was found two weeks later in a system of underground pipes.

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