Stupid 999 calls
 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/m...er/7801917.stm

I really think these people should be named and shamed.

But good to know sometimes it happens...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/b...ts/7803169.stm

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Like you say Russ sometimes it does pay to name and shame...Bet her ears are burning today..;)

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Having listened to a few stupid 999 calls i am often amazed at the ignorance of some people in the reasons they call 999. I don't even see a point in an advertising campaign as most of the idiots that call 999 for no reason are selfish people that feel they are important enough that 999 is there for them. I think there should be some form of financial penalty if you make a completely stupid 999 call would do far more good then an ad campaign. Also it might be helpful if local police gave out little cards with the local number to call to report problems as i don't know what the number for my station is and have always assumed yell.com would have it if i needed it.

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I thought there was already a penalty if you were found dialling 999 fraudulently?

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Given the number of people calling it for no good reason if there is it isn't used very often.

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What a stupid bitch, you would have thought she would be intelligent than that.

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have to agree rizzy,they couldnt fine them enough, buck idiots !!

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I don't think there is. I don't think they would for fear of putting real emergencies off (people with say, small pains in their chest may be put off calling 999 unless it turns into a full blown heart attack).

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nope hom, her brains are probably implanted in her t..s,dozy cow.

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You can be done for abuse of the system and it is done on occasions but very rarely. It's more for sustained abuse of it rather than being stupid.

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Well, the West Midlands Police have released the recording of another stupid 999 call..

A woman phoned up asking for a password to unlock her laptop..

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england...ngham-21278950

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There ought to be an automatic fine for this sort of thing.

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Better still make the do voluntary work in the 999 call centres to repay for there stupidity

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Anyone stupid enough to make such calls shouldn't be let near anything important IMHO. ;) How about clearing out rubbish from urban rivers?... :)

God only knows what jobs, if any, idiots like this do when they're not clogging up the 999 system and putting lives at risk. :confused:

I saw one of those motorway cop shows the other day in which a hospital doctor was pulled up for doing over 100mph on a motorway. His wife was in the back of the car and between them they thought it was a good idea to let their young child roam around unsecured in the back seat. I dare say our medic would be greatly angered by the above story but how stupid was he? It just goes to show how some people, even well educated and highly trained, have no common sense.

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Thing is though what can the authorities do apart from releasing examples of stupid 999 calls .If a standard system of fines was introduced then that would stop some people phoning 999 in a real emergency

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I don't think it'd be that difficult to discriminate between calls like the ones cited above and genuine calls which which may turn just out to be non-emergencies. The authorities already have to make a determination about hoax calls and take action in respect of repeat offenders and serious ones such as false bomb warnings. In practice the number of fines levied may turn out to be small but it may just focus a few minds and I don't see why any normal person would be put off making a genuine 999 call.

Getting back to my point about the idiots who do this sort of thing, the more I think about it, the more interesting it'd be to find out who they are and what jobs they do.

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That brummie accent really annoys me.

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At last a proper emergency call....

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Doing what, I wouldn't trust them to sweep up out,the back

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Mandatory sterilization, that's a good answer for these stupid people. :P

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Here is a list of some of the really stupid calls made today apparently. . .

999 call just received from a man who wanted a refund for an expensive car wash!

A man calls 999 to ask how to dial 101?!

999 call just received by a female who wants to report a complaint about British Gas.

Man dials 999 to complain he is not getting served at McDonalds.

999 call just made to report a spiritual healer as a fraud - help us to educate people who waste police time!

999 call just received from a male who wanted the police to come out to frighten his sister.

We've just received a 999 call from a young man at a phone box who is abusing our 999 operators. We are trying to trace who he is....