999? My son won’t go to bed: Police reveal the ridiculous calls people make to emergency number
Worldwide, Daily news | ankakh | December 26, 2012 15:11
An angry dad dialled 999 to report his teenage son for refusing to go to bed.
The schoolboy, 14, was playing on his games console at midnight and ignored his parents’ pleas to switch it off and get some sleep.
The late-night row got so heated the boy’s father picked up the phone and dialled 999.
Police inNorth Walessay it was one of the hundreds of ‘inappropriate’ 999 calls they have received in 2012.
‘999 should still be used if there is a crime in progress; violence is being used or threatened or there has been a road accident where people are injured or the road is blocked.’
Supt Breed added: ‘Every false or inappropriate 999 call takes up precious time and prevents someone who really needs our immediate help from getting through to us.’
Others included a man who contacted emergency services asking how to send a fax , a job seeker who wanted police to type up a CV, and a man who rang at 4.30am to check the score in a recent Middlesbrough FC game.
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