Emergency, my cat is getting on my nerves (1 Viewer)

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Good work Dave. Seems many more of these idiots these days. A fine for wasting police time would be a good idea now.

AH! in the US it is a crime to misuse 911 (999). It's a misdemeanor and you can be fined or have some nice jail time.

And in most states, state agencies can bill you for stupid acts that they have to respond to. Great example is the current case of the Balloon Boys family. They're being billed roughly 30,000 dollars.

In Nevada, stupid people who go into abandoned mines get billed if they get trapped and have to be rescued, or if their car gets stuck in flood water and have to be rescued, or if they get stuck while hiking in certain areas.
 
sometimes relatively intelligent people do very stupid things, that causes other people to save them. Charging for the use of emergency services can have unforeseen effects
 

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