Probably as a result of so many silly and / or hoax 999 calls, genuine distress calls can be treated with unwarranted suspicion, with disastrous consequences, as with a kidnapping > murder case we once had where a man was locked in a car boot and driven off, which the operator was very reluctant to accept as genuine.
http://metro.co.uk/2013/02/01/west-midlands-police-post-ridiculous-999-calls-on-twitter-3377729/
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West Midlands Police have begun a ‘tweetathon’ that will last for 24 hours in order to highlight time-wasting 999 calls.
The force has also released audio of some of the calls it says have wasted police time, including a man who rang up to ask how to dial the 101 non-emergency number and a woman who needed help finding her laptop password to access Facebook.
Other calls consisted of a man calling up to ask officers to help scare his sister and another male who wanted help to solve a dispute he was having with McDonald’s staff over his food.
http://metro.co.uk/2013/02/01/west-midlands-police-post-ridiculous-999-calls-on-twitter-3377729/
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