Delray Beach officials publish three-year police and fire response-time data after resident complaints

Delray Beach police and fire officials presented three years of response-time data Wednesday after residents raised concerns about 911 delays and slow emergency responses.

Chief Daryl Hunter, Delray Beach chief of police, told the City Commission that the department analyzed calls from Jan. 1, 2023, through Oct. 31, 2025, and that calls are triaged by dispatch into priority 1 (emergency), priority 2 (urgent) and priority 3 (delayed). "For priority 1 response calls" he said, "3 minutes and 51 seconds." Hunter said the three-year averages were 3:51 for priority 1, 6:34 for priority 2 and 9:45 for priority 3, measured from the time the call…