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Senior Master Sergeant
By Daily Telegraph Reporter 30 December 2009
Police preparing for a flood of 999 calls on New Year's Eve have asked the public only to dial the number in a genuine emergency. Greater Manchester Police disclosed yesterday that they had received emergency calls from a woman whose cat was annoying her and from a motorist who was too scared to move his car on an icy road.
Between Christmas Eve and Boxing Day, the force received 1,377 calls, only a fraction of them were genuine emergencies. The owner of the cat could be heard slurring her words to the 999 operator and saying that her cat was playing with a ball of wool and it was 'doing her head in'. She said it was a serious emergency because it had 'been going on for two hours now'.
In another call, a motorist dialled 999 to say he was stuck on a patch of ice in a street in Bolton and was too scared to go forwards or backwards.
Supt Karan Lee said the force was expecting a high volume of 999 calls on New Year's Eve, their busiest night of the year.
Police preparing for a flood of 999 calls on New Year's Eve have asked the public only to dial the number in a genuine emergency. Greater Manchester Police disclosed yesterday that they had received emergency calls from a woman whose cat was annoying her and from a motorist who was too scared to move his car on an icy road.
Between Christmas Eve and Boxing Day, the force received 1,377 calls, only a fraction of them were genuine emergencies. The owner of the cat could be heard slurring her words to the 999 operator and saying that her cat was playing with a ball of wool and it was 'doing her head in'. She said it was a serious emergency because it had 'been going on for two hours now'.
In another call, a motorist dialled 999 to say he was stuck on a patch of ice in a street in Bolton and was too scared to go forwards or backwards.
Supt Karan Lee said the force was expecting a high volume of 999 calls on New Year's Eve, their busiest night of the year.
