Parent rings police as kid won't stop playing Xbox
Bizarre or just plain stupid? A parent called the police because his child wouldn't stop playing his Xbox.
''Phoning 999, the emergency line, for trivial matters such as being annoyed with catalogue companies is a complete waste of resources, and could possibly prevent a genuine life or death emergency cal
The bizarre phone call was one of a number of times someone rang the emergency services in north Wales in the past 12 months without a genuine emergency and also included one instance when a shopper dialled 999 because they couldn't access a catalogue company.
One reveller even phoned for help because she had lost one of her stiletto heels.
The force received more than half a million phone calls in the past 12 months but only 225,000 incidents were recorded and just 46,000 were crimes.
Acting Superintendent Alex Goss said: ''Each unnecessary call to us reduces time available for calls on genuine policing matters.
''Phoning 999, the emergency line, for trivial matters such as being annoyed with catalogue companies is a complete waste of resources, and could possibly prevent a genuine life or death emergency call being put through.''
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