West Yorkshire Police list 'ridiculous' 999 calls
Discussion
king morons.
At around 3 am we received a phone call from a retired head teacher who lived in a remote house near Plaistow in West Sussex. If you know Plaistow, you will know it is near nothing so to regard it as the nrearest place of importance you are living nowhere minus.
Here first words were: I'm sorry to bother you but . . .
She had burlgars on premises.
The contention of the chap who compiled this article is that one false call could kill others is a bit of a stretch. All you have to do is train controllers to send such calls to a non-emergency queue. My controllers developed a skill that could spot them within a few seconds. What you do not want is for people who do need the police or other emergency services to worry about 'bothering' the police.
As for the old biddy, our only vehicle which could there within a few days was a dog unit, and it it was miles away. We tried Surrey but opted for one from Hatns (or the other way around), and had them drive in from one end and our dog from the other. Whe the woman told us that they were coming upstairs, we told the Hants/Surrey unit to put their two-tones on. The van the burglars were using went in the opposite direction and then we got it to put its blues and twos on. It turned around but had to stop by the woman's house as the other car had blocked the road. Not creating an unlawful road block of course but because we told it not to destroy any forensic such as tyre marks.
Here first words were: I'm sorry to bother you but . . .
She had burlgars on premises.
The contention of the chap who compiled this article is that one false call could kill others is a bit of a stretch. All you have to do is train controllers to send such calls to a non-emergency queue. My controllers developed a skill that could spot them within a few seconds. What you do not want is for people who do need the police or other emergency services to worry about 'bothering' the police.
As for the old biddy, our only vehicle which could there within a few days was a dog unit, and it it was miles away. We tried Surrey but opted for one from Hatns (or the other way around), and had them drive in from one end and our dog from the other. Whe the woman told us that they were coming upstairs, we told the Hants/Surrey unit to put their two-tones on. The van the burglars were using went in the opposite direction and then we got it to put its blues and twos on. It turned around but had to stop by the woman's house as the other car had blocked the road. Not creating an unlawful road block of course but because we told it not to destroy any forensic such as tyre marks.
Derek Smith said:
At around 3 am we received a phone call from a retired head teacher who lived in a remote house near Plaistow in West Sussex. If you know Plaistow, you will know it is near nothing so to regard it as the nrearest place of importance you are living nowhere minus.
Here first words were: I'm sorry to bother you but . . .
She had burlgars on premises.
The contention of the chap who compiled this article is that one false call could kill others is a bit of a stretch. All you have to do is train controllers to send such calls to a non-emergency queue. My controllers developed a skill that could spot them within a few seconds. What you do not want is for people who do need the police or other emergency services to worry about 'bothering' the police.
As for the old biddy, our only vehicle which could there within a few days was a dog unit, and it it was miles away. We tried Surrey but opted for one from Hatns (or the other way around), and had them drive in from one end and our dog from the other. Whe the woman told us that they were coming upstairs, we told the Hants/Surrey unit to put their two-tones on. The van the burglars were using went in the opposite direction and then we got it to put its blues and twos on. It turned around but had to stop by the woman's house as the other car had blocked the road. Not creating an unlawful road block of course but because we told it not to destroy any forensic such as tyre marks.
I think I'm a hundred percent with you there Derek, if you are going to make a 999 call you need to be very concise and careful with your diction such that the operator has every opportunity to understand you, however pissed you are. Of course this also applies to the operator. Here first words were: I'm sorry to bother you but . . .
She had burlgars on premises.
The contention of the chap who compiled this article is that one false call could kill others is a bit of a stretch. All you have to do is train controllers to send such calls to a non-emergency queue. My controllers developed a skill that could spot them within a few seconds. What you do not want is for people who do need the police or other emergency services to worry about 'bothering' the police.
As for the old biddy, our only vehicle which could there within a few days was a dog unit, and it it was miles away. We tried Surrey but opted for one from Hatns (or the other way around), and had them drive in from one end and our dog from the other. Whe the woman told us that they were coming upstairs, we told the Hants/Surrey unit to put their two-tones on. The van the burglars were using went in the opposite direction and then we got it to put its blues and twos on. It turned around but had to stop by the woman's house as the other car had blocked the road. Not creating an unlawful road block of course but because we told it not to destroy any forensic such as tyre marks.
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