A police time-waster dialled 999 because she was “scared” of the hedgehog in her garden<\/p>\n
It\u2019s one of four ridiculous \u2018emergency\u2019 calls released to the public by Greater Manchester Police in a bid to reduce the demand on stretched officers.<\/p>\n
Asked whether the animal is dead, the Manchester Evening News reports, the caller answers: \u201cNo, it\u2019s not dead. It\u2019s alive.\u201d<\/p>\n
The GMP call handler, refusing the temptation to be spiky, responds: \u201cWell that\u2019s where hedgehogs live, in gardens.\u201d<\/p>\n
GettyMan calls police because he scared of a hedgehog999 call: Woman called police because she’s scared of hedgehog in her garden
\nThe call-handler continues: \u201cWhat do you want us to do about it? The hedgehogs are good for your garden. They kill your slugs.\u201d<\/p>\n
Undeterred, the caller says: \u201cYeah, but we don\u2019t want our slugs to get killed but we\u2019re a bit scared.\u201d<\/p>\n
The officer, remaining as patient as she is informative, replies: \u201cRight, well, it won\u2019t harm you. It\u2019s a natural inhabitant of the British Isles and they live in gardens, so there\u2019s not a lot we can to about it I\u2019m afraid.\u201d<\/p>\n
The caller says \u2018alright\u2019 before the 999 operator says \u2018bye bye then\u2019 and brings to an end the horticultural lesson.<\/p>\n
Another 999 caller, clearly the worse for wear, tells police: \u201cI ordered a pizza 45 minutes ago and it\u2019s still not been delivered to me.\u201d<\/p>\n
He is told “it\u2019s not a police matter” and that he should take his complaint up with the manager.<\/p>\n
In another \u2018emergency\u2019 a man calls from a hospital to complain that he\u2019s put money in a vending machine and \u2018they\u2019re refusing to give me the money back\u2019.<\/p>\n
Delay: One caller dialled 999 because his pizza delivery was late
\nWhen he urges police to “come and sort it out”, the call-handler says \u2018this is absolutely not a police emergency.\u2019<\/p>\n
She is told “f*** off” as she announces she will clear the line for more deserving cases.<\/p>\n
Another man calls 999 from Sports Direct in Bury when he\u2019s refused a refund for a pair of trainers. \u201cThey\u2019ve stole me money,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n
A tortuous conversation lasting two minutes and 40 seconds ends with the call handler urging the caller to take the matter to trading standards.<\/p>\n
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Source: Mirror.co.uk<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A police time-waster dialled 999 because she was “scared” of the hedgehog in her garden It\u2019s one of four ridiculous \u2018emergency\u2019 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: \u201cNo, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":76840,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[7],"yoast_head":"\n