Provincial police in Norfolk County are once again urging residents to only call 911 when there is a real emergency.
The latest reminders from police come just a few days after a 25-year-old Delhi woman dialled the emergency number when she got upset over her parents confronting her about how much money she was spending on video games.
That wasn't the only frivolous request police were called to recently, though, as Norfolk County OPP said they were also tied up responding to three other non-emergency 911 calls over the past week alone.
At around 12:45 a.m. on December 30, officers fielded an emergency call from a woman in Simcoe who informed the dispatcher that she was looking for help from police after she locked her keys and her cell phone in an office -- she was hoping police could help her to recover them.
A few days later, on January 1, police responded to a call at an address on Norfolk Street South in Simcoe at around 3:22 a.m. where a 47-year-old Bayham man reported that some strangers were teasing him while he was walking down the sidewalk. In that case, police said the man wanted officers to show up so that they could speak with the strangers.
Less than an hour after that call was placed, officers responded to another 911 call at an address in Woodhouse, Norfolk County where a 21-year-old man was apparently lost and told the dispatcher he needed help from police to get back to his parents' residence.
OPP are using all of those examples to point out when it is not appropriate to call 911. Officers are also reminding residents not to call 911 about a power outage or to ask about road conditions or if you have a sick raccoon on your property or to order food.
If you have a non-emergency call, you are asked to dial 1-888-310-1122 instead of 911 to speak with an officer.
