West Midlands Police Release ‘Bizarre’ Calls Placed on Emergency Helpline

In an attempt to reduce the number of silly calls placed on the emergency helpline, the West Midlands Police have released a number of bizarre calls that they receive, including one asking for a lost laptop password and another which complained about the trouble in being served at a McDonald’s restaurant.

The police service will be staging a 24-hour campaign on Twitter to highlight the misuse of the helpline.

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Typically West Midlands Police receives over 1,500 calls a day to the 999 number. Every call that is not an emergency could be delaying response to a genuine life or death situation.

Source-ANI

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