The chief executive of Dundee City Council is to write to the Scottish Police Authority with concerns about response times for 999 and 101 calls.
There are fears that emergency calls could be dealt with slower when the service is moved to call centres in the central belt later this year.
David Martin will write to the chairman of the authority following a motion raised by Liberal Democrat councillor Fraser Macpherson at the policy and resources committee meeting this week.
The motion said: “The committee notes with concern the decision by the Scottish Police Authority to transfer all 999 and 101 call responses to three sites located in Bilston Glen, Motherwell and Govan, on or after June 21.
“This will mean the loss of the 999 and 101 Dundee response centre, with the resultant loss of local knowledge in call handling, which committee views as a detrimental step.
Mr Macpherson said: “My main concern is the loss of people with local knowledge who know the colloquialisms and pronunciations of local places. The Swannie Ponds is a prime example.
“If someone is not from the area then you certainly lose that.
“Police Scotland would argue that they are satisfied with the arrangements that are in place but every second does count.
“Overall, I don’t think this is good news and in some ways a detrimental step.
“Police Scotland is implementing a new computer system, which it says will help the calls.”
Police Scotland say they are committed to retaining and protecting frontline services.