THAMES Valley Police has given an insight into the workings of its emergency control centre - and the time-wasters they deal with.
Last night, TVP held a Twitter 'takeover' from their contact management centres and shone a light on the sheer volume of calls they deal with.
Between 5pm and 9pm last night, the force received 256 calls to 999 and 494 to the non-emergency 101 line.
But not all of them were serious.
Time-wasting calls flagged up by officers (some from last night) include.
- Someone concerned their neighbour's cat was on their window ledge
- A recording of a call from a man complaining someone had 'taken his pizza' - before thankfully being reunited with his dinner.
- Someone 'stuck in the toilet'.
- A report of a duck stuck in a hedge
- A call from a drunk man who dialled 999 and wanted the police to take him home.
This evening we received a call from someone who was stuck in the toilet 😳 We contacted the council who made it to the scene in 30 minutes. They were only stuck for half an hour 🙏#HeroesInHeadsets #LuckyEscape pic.twitter.com/haceR5j8BM
— Thames Valley Police (@ThamesVP) June 5, 2019
Using the hashtag #thinkbeforeyoudial, TVP revealed that they receive approximately 364,000 999 calls per year.
However, they say 80 per cent of those calls are inappropriate.
#Real999Call - Fill in the blank!
— Thames Valley Police (@ThamesVP) June 5, 2019
Caller: "I've just found _______ in the hedge"
What did they find? 🤔
Choose your answer 👇 #ThinkBeforeYouDial
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