REPORTS FROM AROUND THE U. S. OF DIMWITS calling 9-1-1 to report being locked inside your own car, or getting a short order in a drive-thru window at a fast food restuarant, are not unique to this country after all.
The Daily Mirror is reporting from England:
A distraught music fan from Swindon has been accused of wasting police time after dialling 999 to report Michael Jackson’s death.
Great Western Ambulance Service took the call during the early hours of Friday morning as news reports of the King of Pop’s death began to appear across the world’s news media.
“You would think the word ‘emergency’ in emergency services would help people understand what calls we will and will not deal with,” emergency care practitioner Ben Jones told the Swindon Advertiser.
The news comes as police forces across the country have called on the public to use the 999 service only for genuine crisis situations.
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