A police time-waster dialled 999 because she was “scared” of the hedgehog in her garden
It’s one of four ridiculous ‘emergency’ calls released to the public by Greater Manchester Police in a bid to reduce the demand on stretched officers.
Asked whether the animal is dead, the Manchester Evening News reports, the caller answers: “No, it’s not dead. It’s alive.”
The GMP call handler, refusing the temptation to be spiky, responds: “Well that’s where hedgehogs live, in gardens.”
GettyMan calls police because he scared of a hedgehog999 call: Woman called police because she’s scared of hedgehog in her garden
The call-handler continues: “What do you want us to do about it? The hedgehogs are good for your garden. They kill your slugs.”
Undeterred, the caller says: “Yeah, but we don’t want our slugs to get killed but we’re a bit scared.”
The officer, remaining as patient as she is informative, replies: “Right, well, it won’t harm you. It’s a natural inhabitant of the British Isles and they live in gardens, so there’s not a lot we can to about it I’m afraid.”
The caller says ‘alright’ before the 999 operator says ‘bye bye then’ and brings to an end the horticultural lesson.
Another 999 caller, clearly the worse for wear, tells police: “I ordered a pizza 45 minutes ago and it’s still not been delivered to me.”
He is told “it’s not a police matter” and that he should take his complaint up with the manager.
In another ‘emergency’ a man calls from a hospital to complain that he’s put money in a vending machine and ‘they’re refusing to give me the money back’.
Delay: One caller dialled 999 because his pizza delivery was late
When he urges police to “come and sort it out”, the call-handler says ‘this is absolutely not a police emergency.’
She is told “f*** off” as she announces she will clear the line for more deserving cases.
Another man calls 999 from Sports Direct in Bury when he’s refused a refund for a pair of trainers. “They’ve stole me money,” he says.
A tortuous conversation lasting two minutes and 40 seconds ends with the call handler urging the caller to take the matter to trading standards.
Source: Mirror.co.uk