999 caller criticised after phoning to ask police where they could buy Brussels sprouts
A 999 caller rang police to ask where they could buy Brussels sprouts.
Welsh police forces said they had also received calls about a lost bus pass, a stray sheep and a refund for a mobile phone top-up card. Police bosses urged people not to misuse the emergency line during the already-busy Christmas period.non-emergency 999 calls for hiccups and a sore bikini lineNorth Wales Police said its received about 230,000 calls a year, of which 68,000 were 999 emergency calls.A farmer rang to say say he was"fed up" with a stray sheep in his yard.A customer called to say shop staff would not issue a refund for a mobile phone top-up card.
"Each unnecessary call to us reduces time available for calls which are for genuine policing matters," said temporary Insp Gary Lloyd.People have been asked to call police on 101 rather than 999 if it is not an emergency
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