Use
Between 1996 and 2009, AOS attended an average of 513 callouts across New Zealand per year. An increase in AOS use for assisting in drug raids and executing search warrants has seen call-outs increase to 992 in 2011 with an average number of 513 AOS operations per year over the previous 14 years.
The busiest AOS squads are Wellington, with 175 callouts in 2011, followed by Auckland and Christchurch, with 127 and 113 respectively the same year.
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