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45 Silliest Reasons Police Officers Had To Respond To A Call: “All I Could Do Was Stare”
The workload of police officers differs from city to city and country to country. But there's one thing in common that most of them have: a lot of calls. Experts in the UK estimate that on average, police forces receive a 999 call every three seconds. In Chicago, the police department gets about 3,500 dispatched calls a day.
These numbers might send you into a panic, thinking that crime is getting out of control. But a big portion of these calls are not as serious as we might think. Turns out, people decide to call the police even for minor inconveniences.
Police officers have some good stories about people seriously misjudging the gravity of their situation. We've gathered the best stories from two Reddit threads and present them to you here for entertainment and educational purposes.
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#1
Best friend of mine is a State Trooper. They have this little old lonely lady that calls and tells the dispatcher that there are aliens/demons in her house and needs help. When the Troopers respond they check the house and sometimes yell that what ever is there has to leave. For this service she gives them a huge box of cookies. They bicker with each other as to who gets to go that day. This happens at least twice a month.
glowworm2 6 months ago
I love this one. Who wouldn't want to yell at aliens/demons for cookies?
arthbach 5 months ago
If it's happening with such regularity, wouldn't it be worth just sending out an officer to visit (community policing) every two weeks. It would be really helpful for them to build up rapport with the woman, and try to decide is she was needing companionship, or if she needed psych help. If she is lovely, having pop in whilst passing will help her, and re-enforce the idea that she should only phone is there is an actual problem.
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HardBoiledBlonde 6 months ago
Back when I lived in a condo one of the elderly residents believed aliens were after her and she had aluminum foil all over her walls, ceilings, windows and doors. She would frequently call the maintenance supervisor and ask him to check her place for her. Some how the maintenance guy found out I was a therapist and asked me to "handle the lady.' I informed him I did not to pro bono work but advised him to go to her place and straighten some of her aluminum foil and say it was fixed, rinse and repeat. It worked and the frequency of her calls were greatly reduced. She refused to take psychiatric medications and she wasn't hurting anyone, including herself.Her family would have nothing to do with her beyond buying her the condo.
Michael Largey 5 months ago
A guy in the apartment next to me complained that the neighborhood kids were stealing his grand opera LPs. Next he complained that they were making away with entire sections of the building. Fortunately he was complaining about this to his relatives too, and they shortly showed up to lead him away.
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rorschach-penguin 5 months ago
I don't think I would eat cookies given to me by a person clearly not in touch with reality, but you do you.
Jane Hower 5 months ago
Sweet. She just needs to have company, be 'seen' and talked to. Life can get lonely for old people
cadena kuhn 5 months ago
I used to have a woman staying at my hotel who would constantly call the front desk about this. She did not give me cookies
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#2
My friend had to respond to a "noise complaint" of some "young suspicious African Americans" playing Basketball in their cul-de-sac, they were staying out of trouble and just enjoying themselves. It was like 5pm, he showed up with his partner and they ended up playing a pickup game in full uniform with the boys. It made the local news.
tori Ohno 5 months ago
People who make nuisance calls like this should be charged with misuse of 911
Upstaged75 5 months ago
In some places they do charge you. I saw a video of someone getting arrested for it after they did it over and over again. One stupid woman kept calling 911 while she was pulled over by a cop. They told her to cut it out and they were not sending cops to arrest another cop just because he pulled her over. 🙄
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Marcos Valencia 5 months ago
"Police respond to a false report, and the situation ends peacefully"... Thinking this could have a place in the news (even if local) is insane. It sounds like: "Costumer leaves store after paying".
Jane Hower 5 months ago
I heard about that, or one like it, coplete with pics = cops are great (most of them, for sure)
Celtic Pirate Queen 5 months ago
OMG - black kids playing ball and minding their own business??? Someone call ICE!
#3
When I was a little kid, my dad called he police on "a man with a gun outside our house.
We lived in the middle-of-nowhere, Georgia and he was off deployment (Navy, if anyone's curious.) and it was pretty late, so the sun had died down and it was pitch-black.
My dad went into the kitchen and took his glasses off to clean them (very important, my dad is nearly blind). He looked out of the kitchen window towards the neighbor's house and saw the shadow of a "man" with a shotgun standing in front of his barn.
Instead of assessing the situation for a moment or putting his glasses on to verify, he immediately calls 9-1-1 and proceeds to tell them about the "mystery shotgun man" at the neighbor's house.
They pull up and he sees them walk around to the back of the barn, turn around and go into the neighbor's house and come back outside. He see's them handcuff the man and they proceed to walk towards our house instead of their cars.
At this point, he puts his glasses on and goes to the door. The police knock and he opens the door with the biggest s**t-eating grin I've ever seen in my life. In a split second it changed from happy to sad to confused to annoyed back to confused as he stares at two police officers and a scarecrow in handcuffs.
The officers had quickly discovered the "man was a scarecrow, went to the neighbor's house, explained the situation and asked if they could borrow the scarecrow and put cuffs on it.
The only words from the officers were
"No need to worry anymore sir, this man's goin away for a long time".
Kitty 🥀 6 months ago
Oh my god, this should be higher than #22. This is hilarious. You know those cops are telling this story to everybody who’ll listen for the rest of their lives.
Regina Holt 5 months ago
I'm sitting in waiting room at doctor's office. Everyone is seeing me LOL.
Oops 5 months ago
We moved to a new house and as a kid i researched the new building site like surroundings in my flipflops. Later a big turmoil started, police coming, my dad insisting there are thieves sneaking around our new house. I always told these are my footprints of my flipflops, but no one listened.
Brian Droste 5 months ago
I laughed quite hard at this one. I hadn't done this in awhile here on BP
#4
Frequent caller, older woman. Nice enough, lost her marbles years ago.
Calls about a ghost in her attic (not the first time this week)
Deputy asks the woman for a mason jar, then heads upstairs to "battle" the ghost. He lights up a cigarette, takes a couple of puffs into the jar and runs out of the house shouting "IVE GOT HIM TRAPPED, STAY BACK!!"
We release the ghost to his own recognizance, and the lady hasn't called since.
Bartlet for world domination 6 months ago
Reminds me of the time I asked for and received a genie in a bottle for Sinterklaas, which in the Netherlands is a "Secret Santa"-style event where participants are assigned someone to whom they will give a gift. The twist is that the gift is accompanied by a "surprise": a creative, handmade package that in this case contained a bottle, accompanied by a poem. It said to put the bottle on the central heating and wait a round of gifts, so I did. What happened was the heating warmed up a little bit of alcohol(?) inside, and when I opened the bottle little notes and a handful of confetti flew out. A genie! The notes contained locations around the house where my Secret Santa had hidden little gifts. It was delightful.
#5
Lady called because a cat was in her yard. Not attacking anybody or anything like that. It was just in her yard. Even better is that we had to do a report every time we responded to a call, even if no citations were issued. So in my report, I put a cat as the suspect and a calico as its race.
TheGayUmbrella 6 months ago
I hope you got to pet the kitty. That's a tortoiseshell (probably not spelling that right) in the picture btw
JB 6 months ago
Correct spelling and congrats on knowing your cat colours.
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#6
Tecnically i didn't respond, but:
911 hangup. Upon recall a small child answered and advised there was a spider in his house.
Officer that responded advised over the radio "the intruder has been neutralized."
I lost it.
Ozymandias73 6 months ago
Probably some upset parents w/the child, but I'm sure the kid was happy their call was answered and they got help. : )
#7
I had a cat who used to do s**t like turn on the washing machine, turn on faucets, and when the answering machine would come on he would attack the phone. One day I found the phone in my sisters bedroom off the hook, didn't think anything about it and hung it up. Fast forward about 10 minutes and I see a sheriff's deputy in our backyard looking through the windows. My mom and I went to the door, and he kept asking us if everything was ok. We assured him we were and said the cat probably dialed 911. He kept saying if we were in trouble there were signals we could give him to let him know. I can only imagine what he was thinking about the possibility of a cat dialing 911. We invited him in to let him look around for himself; eventually he had a good laugh.
rorschach-penguin 5 months ago
I could absolutely believe this, especially with iPhones and their new features that call 911 if you hold down the right buttons. /sit on them with your stupid fuzzy butt.
Upstaged75 5 months ago
My cats have turned on the water, the stove, and the Roomba. Thankfully they don't know how to unlock my cell phone! 😄
KatSaidWhat 5 months ago
Lol. I would phone the home phone while the officer is there to see that cat in action.
#8
I was dispatched to a house reference a reported vandalism to a vehicle. When I got there, the guy who called was standing by his car. I saw that there was no visible damage to the vehicle. His complaint was that dust picked by the wind was coming from his neighbors yard and landing on his car.
The guy actually wanted to file a criminal complaint! My first thought was maybe I was dreaming this nonsense. All I could do in response was stare at him and I said absolutely nothing. The guy became uncomfortable and explained his complaint again. I couldn't help but just stare at him. At the time, I didn't think I could say anything to him that didn't sound insulting. I think he finally got it since he just went inside his house and never called us again.
Papa 6 months ago
This person sounds as smart as the one I saw on an episode of one of those shows like Judge Judy. He had painted his car, and then drove it before the paint had completely dried. He was in a residential area, and someone had accidentally sprayed his car with a water hose and he thought they should pay for a new paint job. He left disappointed.
Kabuki Kitsune 6 months ago
Believe it or not, in some states, you actually CAN file a criminal complaint if construction dust ends up on your vehicle. Florida for example has a requirement that all construction projects must control and prevent excessive dust creation. Failing to do so can result in major fines, and work stoppage until the dust is cleared or mitigated.
CatLover 6 months ago
It doesn’t say that this took place in America, it could be anywhere.
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Worked for the local newspaper and we got to read all the calls to the cops.
The most hilarious one was from a woman who called in to report a man driving around in his van playing loud music and luring kids. When the cops showed up it was ice cream man. I wish I was making this up. Some people are just nosey busy bodies.
#10
My uncle was a dispatcher in a suburb of Minneapolis/St.Paul, and would tell me stories whenever I saw him. My favorite goes like this:
Uncle: 911, what's your emergency?
Caller: Yes, I'd like to report two suspicious vehicles passing something back and forth in Potawatomi park.
Uncle: Ok, we'll send an officer out to assess.
Uncle: Dispatch to car 45, two suspicious vehicles in Potawatomi park, passing items back and forth.
Car 45: Uhhh...car 45 to dispatch, that's me and Officer Somethingerother, passing Cheetos...
Uncle: 10-4.
Kabuki Kitsune 6 months ago
This one's fair. Not every city uses marked police cars, and I could see a pair of bored officers passing snacks between each other while on patrol. If the caller is some distance away, and couldn't see the bag of snacks, then yeah, it would look suspicious.
Andrew Arons 5 months ago
Potawatomi Park is in Woodbury MN, because of course it is. Woodbury should change its name to Karentown.
#11
A woman called 911 at 5am to report her son would not get up to wash the dishes.
She went to jail.
Edit: Many are asking why she went to jail. Misuse of 911 is a crime in my jurisdiction. One's child not doing the dishes is not a valid use of 911 services.
Glen Ellyn 6 months ago
As if law enforcement resources aren't stretched enough, they have to waste time with stuff like this. Obviously, this applies to everything on this list.
Kitty 🥀 6 months ago
I mean, I feel for the little old ladies who thought there were ghosts or aliens in their attics and gave the officers cookies. But the guy who called because dust from his neighbors yard was floating over to his car? Should’ve been automatically fined $100 for misuse of emergency personnel. Or spent a night in the drunk tank.
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I saw a body cam video from a cop who arrested a mother who had called 911 about her son. She said that he was lazy and she was going to beat him with a baseball batt because he wouldn't clean the house. She was totally nuts! I felt bad for the kid - it was obvious that he had been dealing with her antics for a long time. He said he'd already cleaned the house 3 times that week, but she wanted him to do it every day. The house was spotless.
Pheebs 5 months ago
Worked some place where you could dial the phone before picking it up. Someone was messing around and dialed 911 as a joke, and the next person who picked it up ended up calling it in, then hung up in a panic without saying anything. Cops showed up, and after some talking with the staff, figured out who the two people were. Lots of stern warnings and general “done with this s**t” from the cop. I’m guessing he’d had a pretty long day, because he looked fed up. Another story - anyone remember Blackberry phones with the scroll ball? Yeah, had one of those phones temporarily, and that stupid thing called 911 from my bag 3 times. Could not turn the emergency call feature off.
Jenni 6 months ago
No, it's misuse of police time. Guarantees she won't do it again
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Once responded to a call originating in the Sheriff's department parking lot. Literally walked out of the doors into the following fustercluck. A woman who had just gotten released from jail's ex girlfriend came to pick her up, drunk, on a moped. The reason it got reported is that the drunk woman was doing donuts in our parking lot waiting for her ex, lost control, and rammed a police car. My training sergeant always had a saying that ran true that day, "We don't catch the smart ones."
#13
Not a police officer but I was a 911 dispatcher.
Just after I got cut loose from training, I received a priority one (meaning immediate response) animal ordinance call. Usually, this call is reserved for animals in traffic or vicious animals, where there is the potential for immediate threat to life.
The reporting party was a parent attending a school function. Caller advised there was a raccoon loose in the school.
I dispatched two officers to the call and they made it on scene. The officer then broadcasts the "suspect" description via radio. "Suspect is small, fast, and wearing a bandit mask. May have robbed a couple of trash cans. We lost him in a foot pursuit."
I almost fell out of my chair, I was laughing so hard.
and_a_touch_of_the_’tism 6 months ago
To be fair, raccoons are carriers for rabies, and unusual activity is one of the main warning signs.
Upstaged75 5 months ago
However, just because you see one in the daytime does NOT mean it's rabid. Mother raccoons are often out with their babies then.
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Jerry Jacques 5 months ago
To be fair, Raccoons, Skunks, Bats, Foxes, Deer, Woodchucks, Mongoose, Opossums, Coyotes, Wolves, Monkeys, people, and just about any other Mammals can get Rabies.
and_a_touch_of_the_’tism 5 months ago
Actually, opossums can’t. Their resting body temperature is too high.
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#14
Once a lady called us claiming that her neighbor was threatening her. As it turned out, she claimed that her neighbor was plotting a terrorist attack. How did she figure this out? She had been going up onto his property and looking into her Middle Eastern neighbor's windows and noticed he had a prayer rug in the middle of the room/said he worked odd hours.
She was given a stern warning about trespassing onto her neighbor's property and told to stop being such a racist t**t.
Jane Hower 5 months ago
Well, he could be as his 'faith' says Death to America, so I would keep an eye on him for sure.
#15
Working front desk at a hotel. Buddy called 911 on me because I wouldn't give him a free upgrade.
embi miller 6 months ago
My daughter is a front desk manager at a boutique hotel. The stories she tells of entitled people demanding things and then calling the cops if they don't get their way.
Upstaged75 5 months ago
People who call cops for things like that need to go to jail. I saw one where a lady didn't like her haircut so she called 911. Some people are so dumb.
Vinnie 5 months ago
"911? Yes, it's an emergency - I'll die if I leave the salon with this on my head!"
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Fabulous chocolate cookie 5 months ago
Happens a lot. People think they can get whatever they want by calling 911. Even the ost absurt things like free upgrades or free products.
KatSaidWhat 5 months ago
My boss was called because I told someone they could absolutely not have a "repeat" fentonyl prescription for "her mother" 5 days after it had been issued. He agreed and said that her file would now be marked for that request.
#16
Reporting party said a pigeon was acting strangely on her deck. It wouldn't fly away. It flew away when I clapped my hands.
Also had a call for two people riding bikes smiling suspiciously.
Kitty 🥀 6 months ago
I mean, what if they, like, had their heads tilted down while looking up and smiling. Like the creepy little fire girl or Bill Skarsgaard or something? I’d be totally freaked out. Practice that particular smile. 😂
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geezeronthehill 6 months ago
"And you may see me tonight, with an illegal smile..." John Prine.
#17
Domestic dispute call -
We got there and the mother of a teenage boy, maybe fourteen, is loud and upset. Her problem was described as, "He's interested in GIRLS!"
Oddly enough, it happens around that age.
Not a thing I could do about that one.
Damned_Cat 6 months ago (edited)
As local government Cable TV Liaison, 911 referred a caller to me because she was always calling to complain about inappropriate program content on TV. Her 13-year-old grandson liked to watch shows like J@ck@ss and Fear Factor. Basically, all the shows with disgusting challenges and bikini babes. She demanded that the shows be taken off the air immediately. I could have explained how to use the parental block, but I was on the kid's side for his sake. (Edited to correct unnecessary censorship by BP)
KatSaidWhat 5 months ago
TBF, J@ck@ss was the tiktok equivalent back then and kids tried to emulate - many failed.
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Flash forward to when she starts asking "Where are my grandchildren?"
KatSaidWhat 5 months ago
"Sorry Ma'am, would you rather he be interested in boys? We can give you some LBGTQ+ helpful literature?"
geezeronthehill 6 months ago
Well, there are puberty blockers, but the right wing doesn't like them, either.
#18
Working in a nice part of town, where there are alot of rich people. Anyways I got dispatched to a call one day:
Dispatch - 2A12 I've got a suspicious person detail for you.
Me - Go ahead.
Dispatch - The person is located at a bus stop on the corner of Rich St and Pretentious Ave. He's wearing a red jacket and black pants.
Me - Copy. What's suspicious about this person.
Dispatch - He's black.
A few seconds pass by, because I couldn't believe what I was hearing.
Me - I'm not going. You can clear it off your screens.
#19
Officer here been working two years in a large city. The first call that truly made me question my job choice was a disturbance between a husband and wife. Officers had been out in the house earlier in the day and the wife called 911 a second time. The wife called and said she and her husband were arguing because she wanted to have s*x but he refused because her v****a stunk. It is difficult to remain professional.
#20
I heard a 911 call where an old woman called the police because she couldn't open a jar. The woman actually sent the police to help.
Nikki Sevven 6 months ago
Carefully tap the lid on the counter around its circumference. It'll open right up.
Melinda Flick 5 months ago
My small grandma had this magic trick: flip the jar upside down, and gently tap the rim of the lid on the counter in 3-4 spots spaced around the rim. You don’t need a ton of power to do this. Which is good, because she did not HAVE a lot of power, and also had arthritis in her hands. It’s the easiest way I know to pop the seal and get the lid off.
#21
A friend of mine who is a police dispatcher said a woman called the police because her teenager took the rest of the doritos from the cupboard and wouldn't put them back.
Atom Bohr 6 months ago
My mother never really enforced me coming home at a specific time. I'd be told be home for dinner, which was always between 19:30 and 20:00, and if I wasn't home she'd plate it up and leave it for me. I wasn't ever particularly late, but I'd wander home around that time and it was fine. Until one day. I was turning into our street, so 2 minutes away, when my phone rang. It was my mother. She started nagging at me for apparently being late (I didn't know I was, it was only about 19:30 and I was 15), then announced the police were there and wanted to talk to me. Turns out she'd reported me missing because I wasn't home at 19:00. And yes, the police were there. I walked through the door at almost the same moment. It was so bizarre
Robin Roper 5 months ago
Please tell me this person was charged with abuse of emergency number
#22
Hello 911, McDonald's put onions on my burger.
CD Mills 5 months ago
I don't like raw onions, love them cooked tho. My husband didn't like pickles or tomatoes, so when we would grab a burger, we would tell them what we wanted, and sometimes they would mess up. If they got things wrong, I'd just give him my onions and take his pickles and tomatoes; it worked for us. But neither of us was super picky or would have thrown a hissy fit about it.
#23
I'm a mailman. I had the cops called on me because I "meowed" at a guys dog. Police Officer actually came.
#24
Suspicious Hispanic males in the alley. Complainant (person calling 911) is very nervous and upset, thinks they're casing the neighborhood to burglarize houses because it's a nice area.
I get there.
It's a bucket truck. From the power company. Replacing a transformer. Employees were all uniformed.
They were Mexican, though, she was right about that.
I asked them if someone had been watching them through the blinds (she was), told them why I was there, we all laughed and I went back to work.
People, man.
#25
A guy called because his son ate all his Ritz crackers. The son said the only reason he did it is that his dad will buy entire cartons of Oreo's and not share.
Upstaged75 5 months ago (edited)
I could never be a cop and have to deal with stuff like this calmly. I'd probably be tazing everyone for being so stupid.
Mark Alexander 5 months ago
No, no, no, no. You need to educate these people. Promote empathy and compassion. What you do is go get a carton of Oreos and a carton of Ritz. Bring them back and sit and eat them all while making them watch. Tell them sharing is caring and you don't care so do NOT call 911 again for this c**p. (Also, milk recommend as a consumption aid.)
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We received a call because a guy had hemorrhoids and wanted someone to apply Preparation H for him.
Mark Alexander 5 months ago
A friend of mine one accidentally put Ben Gay on his hemorrhoids instead of Preparation H. I asked him "What did you do?" He said "About 3 laps around the house as the bathtub filled." #TrueStory
Elwood Schwartz (it/that) 6 months ago (edited)
Everyone knows that it's the hose draggers that do that. WTF downvote monkeys? The fire service does the medical stuff.
Pandemonium 6 months ago
You post with such confidence i can only assume you're speaking from experience
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Retired LEO here.
About once a month we had an old lady call us out to search her attic or back yard because she "could smell people having s*x there". It became so routine that the SOP was to spend a few minutes shining the flashlight around a looking concerned.
Also had another one who believed her washer and dryer were demon possessed. She really did believe this. She could hear them talk s**t about her. She'd call every few months. SOP was to look behind...inside..and around the dryer looking concerned and trying to reason with the ghost. I finally got fed up with it and yelled at the ghost to "get the f**k out of here and never come back!" Seems to have worked.
Had to help the fire department un-suction an obese lady out of a bathtub. She was literally suctioned in there.
FTO asked me if I had ever seen a "colored TV". I said "Yeah, of course. I thought he said "color TV". So, we go to a call at the local "stab-and-jab" motel and a complainant, who was a 6'5" 130lb black man answered. He was in a blond wig, full drag and wearing lipstick and red pumps. He complained the the men in his room..about 5 of them promised him crack if he let them f**k him. He was mad because he never got his crack. I s**t you not, true story.
Disturbance call with an irate husband. Arrived to see him rapidly walking down the street approaching the sqad car with wife running behind him (in a populated neighborhood) with a big long floppy d***o waving around screaming "is this who you cheated on me with, you w***e!"
A mexican midget (male)...sorry, "little person", wanted to file r**e charges against a man for raping him in the workplace (Dominos Pizza). Security footage showed that it was consensual. Not dumb, but really weird....and hilarious.
Guy called to report suspicious activity and possible burglary next door. When I arrived he had a joint behind his ear. Normally I wouldn't care too much, but you gotta at least try, man..I mean, c'mon.
Lady lies and calls to say her husband beat the s**t out of her again. Here's where the dumb/sad part is:
Now I'd arrested him before for DV a couple of times and he swore up and down he never touched her, but was in the bar down the street. Earlier that day I pissed off my supervisor and was put on foot patrol in the neighborhood. Walking down the street on the sidewalk I saw this lady beating herself in the face with a chair. Literally. I call my supervisor and he gets there and we are both on the street watching this lady go WWE RAW on herself with this chair. We then left and checked the bar and sure enough hubby was in there drinking and minding his business. She calls 15 minutes later saying hubby beat her up again. I arrested her for filing a false report, btw. Poor guy was telling the truth the whole time.
Got so many tales like this it isn't even funny. Yes, the list goes on, but I think you get the point and it answers OP's question, I think.
Love, peace, and chicken grease y'all.
Mark Alexander 5 months ago
I hope they revisited any previous convictions. I mean, I'm sure they didn't but I can hope.
Kalikima 5 months ago
The fact he was out means she probably dropped the charges each time, just would get him arrested when he pissed her off. What I want to know is why they didn't do an ounce of police work and check to see if he was actually in the bar like he said he was each time, instead of just taking her word for it.
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You'd probably feel disrespectful too if you dealt with idiots like that every day.
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#28
I was dispatched to a woman's house to turn up the heat once. She was able to do it herself but she didn't want to miss Jerry Springer. This actually happened.
Michael Largey 5 months ago
Seemed bizarre until the sentence ended with "Jerry Springer", which explained everything.
#29
A domestic abuse call, guy playing GTA 5 was severely pissed his wife wouldn't stop chasing him down and k*****g him IN GAME. His wife was bigger than him or i'm sure it would have been the real deal.
#30
Had an elderly frequent-caller report trespassing. I show up and don't see anyone around but her. She said mosquitoes were landing on the neighbor's dog droppings. She distressingly explained how the mosquitoes would then fly over the fence onto her property.
#31
A stolen TV remote.
Fyi, it wasn't stolen just fell between the couch cushions.
#32
Not a cop but work for the police dept. Got a call from a man that someone vandalized his snowman.
Laura Spring 6 months ago
My sister, when a teenager, was picked up with several of her friends for dressing up n**e statues in someone's backyard. Hysterical.
#33
Soon to be police officer here. When i was doing an internship with the local sheriff's office, I was with one deputy and we got called out on a domestic disturbance.
Before we could get there a city police officer intercepted the call and took it, since it was just outside city limits and we were still 15 minutes away. So we continued to patrol the county when the same people called again, specifically asking for a deputy to come out to the scene.
We get there and right off the bat this woman is going on about how when the city police officer he was very rude to her and she wanted us to go arrest him and have him fired for "unpolicemanlike conduct" .(i'm not joking) I had to turn away to keep from laughing in this woman's face.
She was very angry because he allegedly said the word "f**k" in front of her daughter (keep in mind this woman was using the word f**k three or four times in each sentence). We pretty much told her that our department doesn't police other departments and that she should contact the chief of police and make a formal complaint. This did not sit well with her and she told us we needed to leave before she called the cops. (again, not joking) At this point the guy i was with couldn't take it anymore and told the woman that he was arresting himself and taking himself "downtown" and we left trying not to bust out laughing.
If everything goes right i will have some more stories once i get hired by the sheriff's office.
Atom Bohr 6 months ago
Almost 20 years ago I called the police on my neighbour. It's the only time I've ever called them except for an accident on the motorway. My neighbour was difficult, but we could generally ignore her. The police came and we explained the situation, then they went to talk to her. A few minutes later they came back saying she wouldn't open the door. As we were talking they got a call from dispatch: my neighbour was calling them because two strange people were knocking at her door and she was scared. They explained it was them and to ask her to please open the door and speak to them. It took some convincing. Even with the 999 operator confirming they were police, she thought they were just pretending...
#34
I have a family friend that works for 911 dispatch and her favorite call was when a guy called in because he got his balls caught in his jean's zipper. He thought he was going to die and kept crying on the line.
Kabuki Kitsune 6 months ago
This may sound funny... but it's more serious than you may realize. There's quite a lot of blood vessels down there, and rather thin flesh around the scrotal sack... so, one wrong move could potentially tear something and cause the guy to bleed to death.
Mark Alexander 5 months ago
There's Something About Mary, though. Also, I did the same except it was Frank, not the beans. The trauma persists.
#35
Obligatory not a police officer, but my former roommate is. I talked to him a few days ago, he had to respond at 3 in the morning to an elderly lady who lost her cat. After several minutes of questioning, the lady making him tea and offering him cookies, he finally managed to ask her what the cat looked like.
The woman looked him dead in the eye and said "What cat?".
#36
My neighbour's sprinkler is on and it's getting MY lawn wet..... I wish I was kidding.
Pheebs 5 months ago (edited)
Jfc, my mother is currently at war with a neighbor because he built a fence on the property line and demanded she turn off her sprinklers on the side so his fence didn’t get discolored. Then he was complaining her sprinklers were touching his drive way (they weren’t). When she didn’t comply, he started calling ordinance, and cops on everything under the sun - dog ran too wide and stepped 6” on to his yard, the other barked at him when he yelled at it/mom, accused her of having un-permitted work done, etc. mom retaliated with pictures of his dog free-roaming the neighborhood, and her yard, his basketball hoop across her driveway, and his vehicle illegally parked on the grass, partially in her property. Oh, and they double checked his permits too, and found him lacking. He’s also in trouble with multiple neighbors for misuse of their property.
Tonyah Mcanelly 5 months ago
I would have been happy that i am getting my lawn wattered for free
#37
I'm not a cop, but a few years ago when I was moving into a house I was doing most of my moving late at night. The nosy old couple across the street kept calling the cops and reporting suspicious activity.
The first time the cops showed up they were prepared for a criminal (hands on guns, flashlights in my eyes). But by the 4th time they just BSed with me and finally told the couple to stop calling the police.
I'm not sure what made the couple think burglars would bring stuff into the house instead of taking it out.
Stephanie Did It 6 months ago
We had the cops called on us when we were moving out of our apartment, with no help from friends or family. Irvine, California is an upscale area and our neighbors were too important to listen to us going up and down the external stairs as we loaded our things. Not a single one offered to help so we could finish and go. We had to deal with the police instead, who gave us a light warning about "noise" and left.
#38
I called 911 to report a dog dressed like a vampire sprinting circles in an intersection.
#39
My brother was a cop and I was a firefighter at the time. We both got called to the same scene because a lady tried to light a Wendy's on fire after they got her order wrong. They even offered to refund her meal price when she complained but instead, she lit their trash can on fire.
#40
We get these a couple times a week.
"My child won't ______"
Brush teeth
Go to school
Clean room
Do homework
Get out of bed
Yup... Livin' the dream.
Michael Largey 5 months ago (edited)
Or sometimes just the village idiot.
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#41
I was a dispatcher and heard a call go over the radio for an elderly woman that called the police because she took too many laxatives. She wanted police to bring her cheese so she could stop popping.
Elwood Schwartz (it/that) 6 months ago
I hate it when I'm popping too much. Cheese doesn't help.
#42
So many...
A woman found a half eaten sandwich in her unfenced back yard. She thinks someone threw it there to poison her dog. She saved the sandwich and wanted us to test it for poison.
A man called because his trampoline was blowing away in a wind storm.
One woman called because someone "stole" her american flag from her front yard. One of those little tiny yard flags that are about 1 foot tall and plant in your grass. She called the morning after a particularly bad and windy thunderstorm. I had to explain to her that it's much more likely that the flag blew away then someone maliciously stole a 50 cent flag. I then found in a nearby sewer drain.
"My dog is acting strange, can you send a police officer?" happens more than you'd think.
My favorite is people who call in because people are driving too fast through the neighborhoods. So we go out there and run radar. 9 times out of 10, the person caught speeding is the person who called in the complaint to begin with.
Laura Spring 6 months ago
I live in an area that's popular with campers, bikers, RVs, etc. in the summer. The speeding and the littering are the worst. Disrespectful to say the least, also cause a LOT of accidents every year. Our town has a population of less than 3,000, they also descend like a swarm of locusts and strip the shelves.
Kabuki Kitsune 6 months ago
The trampoline one makes sense actually. It's less a "come help stop this" and more a "okay, this may end up a problem for you, or someone, I can't stop this, so this is a warning."
OneHappyPuppy 5 months ago (edited)
The first one I actually get. If you've been burned like that once, you'd definitely be on the lookout. My dog ate poison laced food that some fucktwat threw over our fence with the exact intent to k**l him and it succeeded
#43
Not me but my sister once had to attend to a woman who was going mad because someone stole her snowman from her front garden.
#44
So this semester in class a student had lost the lock for his bike, so he brought it into the classroom and set it against the back wall. This was against the rules because in a 200 person lecture hall 100 bikes would crowd the room. However this was a spacious classroom with 20 students. The professor said that he did not mind the bike being there.
Well, the professor next door did mind. He saw this guy bringing his bike inside and told him it was against the rules. The student said ok and walked past. Next week professor sees the bike again and says "if you bring that bike in here again I'm calling the police." The student laughs it off and walks past. Next week during class there was a knock on the classroom door. Four police officers had shown up. One had her hand covering her face in embarrassment and said "we received a call that said there was a bike in here which is against the rules making this trespassing. The bike needs to leave or else we HAVE to arrest you." The student said he doesn't have a lock and it will get stolen. Professor knocks some sense into this kid and tells him to go home then it's not worth getting arrested over one lecture.
In the end no arrests were made I don't think there was a fine either. Police officers all had a look saying why are we here and looked embarrassed. The professor who called the police probably got the bad end of that deal though. The professor whose class was interrupted has a lot of clout at the university and didn't take kindly to the whole situation.
Arthur Waite 6 months ago
Now, in my High-School days, the Phys-Ed teacher always had a spare bike lock for just this problem. We used to joke about how much he could rent 'em for. (And he usually didn't ask for 'em back.) Thank You, Mr. Speake.
#45
A few days ago, I was stopped by a police officer for walking around while I was on the phone outside of a coffee shop. He seemed almost as confused as I was.
#46
Blades of grass in the street. Apparently it's a local ordinance that landscapers are supposed to pick up mulched grass after they cut it. Well they didn't and Mr Johnson called about his neighbor because they were in the street.
#47
Not a police officer myself, but my father used to be an Alderman for the area I lived in (imagine the city version of the US Senate). He made sure to be on good terms with the police so they'd call him about anything going on in the neighborhood.
One day, there was a particularly interesting call. There was a call for an armed robbery at a corner store. From one of the robbers. Apparently, two friends decided to go in on it together, and one decided that splitting the money is clearly not as profitable as just having it all to himself. He robbed his friend and ran off with all the money. The friend called the police, got arrested for robbery, and was surprised he wasn't going to be getting his half of the money after all.
#48
My aunt called 911 once to have the officers change the direction a fan was blowing. She was having a dispute with my uncle and he wouldn't change it for her.
#49
I'm an EMT and was listening to the police channel on the radio one night. We hear, "County to District X Cars, we just had a female caller state that there is a black male, wearing a hoodie, walking down her street."
Unit on the road, "Uh, OK? What does she want us to do?"
Dispatch, "No idea."
My partner and I laughed for a good half hour over that one.
#50
Cop here. We have a guy in town who is paraplegic and confined to a wheelchair. He also has a totally abrasive personality and is an all around awful person. The county pays for a caretaker, but he either fires them or they quit because they won't cater to his unreasonable demands.
He called 9-1-1 once because his trash cans didn't get moved to the curb before trash day and he wanted the police to come do it for him. The dispatcher routed me the call. I called in to dispatch and told them that I was absolutely not going out to put this guy's trash cans out. They ended up sending the fire department out after enough cops mutinied and refused to go.
Catlady6000 5 months ago
Seriously? Like police don't have better things to do? What's your point?
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My sister called the cops on me when we were kids because I was mean to her. I was babysitting her and she wouldn't leave my room, literally like protesting and wouldnt get off my bed. So I gave her a dead leg and she stormed off crying. Like 10 minutes later she comes in running begging for my forgiveness. Cops rang the doorbell a couple minutes later. The cops, my mother, and I were not amused.
Bananaramamama 6 months ago
Quick punch to the muscle. Makes it tense up and freeze. A charlie-horse
Load More Replies... LinkTheHylian 5 months ago
Dude was responsible for looking after his little sister, and instead of spending time with her he gave her a dead leg. Nice.
#52
Family dispute call the day after thanksgiving. One party was mad at the other party because there was no leftover ham.
#53
Worked as a police officer for five years. Just got out last year, thank god. Anywhosers- it was a friday, third shift. A lady is moving into a house, and shes drunk as s**t. Apparently, she called because she thinks someone stole her cellphone and wallet/purse with cash in it.
Go to the house and realised that its a frequent flyer from the nearby mid sized city. She tells me the make of the phone, and the number. No idea about the cash or the purse. Dispatch comes back with the same number, so she called to report her cellphone stolen was the one she called to report with.
I had dispatch call the phone. It was right on top of the kitchen counter. Just for our record, i asked for her ID. Low and behold, its in her purse. I see a purse looped over the back door in the kitchen and ask her if that is it. She says yes, and that i can grab it and look for her ID in it. I open the bag an theres the biggest, stinkiest ditch weed bob marley joint ive ever seen. At this point im about to laugh my a*s off. Partner and i decide to just flush it and tell her yadda yadda yadda bite out of crime we are watching, and to not use 911 for your c**p.10-8 no report, found lost s**t. Head to breakfast, scrambled eggs n buscuits and gravy.
The next night she ended in lockup because she tried buying weed from a undercover vice in the nearby city. She moved away the next week.
#54
I went to a house for suspicious footprints in the snow. The footprints led to the oil tank, so I checked the mailbox with the homeowners and found an oil delivery receipt.
O.o.
Kabuki Kitsune 6 months ago
Again... fair. If the homeowner forgot when the oil delivery was scheduled for, they could have glanced out back, seen the footprints and thought someone had stolen their heating oil.
#55
Cop here.
Dumbest reason for being called to a scene. Hmm.
- lady called and wanted us to tell her son to go to school.
- one of our stations had a carnival fundraiser and the street was closed. Someone called and complained there was a Ferris wheel obstructing traffic.
- someone called in for "theft from the city". The suspect was "stealing" recyclables from the trash can.
- gas powered leaf-blower use is illegal. This is possibly the lowest priority on my list of things I don't care about.
I'm sure there are more but these are what came to mind.
Stephanie Did It 6 months ago
Oh how I wish those gas powered leaf blowers were illegal in my city!!
Atom Bohr 6 months ago
Me too! I live by a small park and every Thursday at 7:15 they're here. Thing is, they do a terrible job so it takes hours, and there's a guy going along behind with a broom to sweep up. I just don't get it
Load More Replies... Kabuki Kitsune 6 months ago
Context may help with the "son going to school" one. Some cities have "truancy" officers that work with the police department. Think unarmed police who help schools, check attendance, or such. Lady may have come from a place where that was a thing, and wanted the police to send the truancy officer over. The ferris wheel obstructing traffic, again makes sense. Especially if the fundraiser wasn't advertised. So a citizen coming down the street might think something was up, and report it.
#56
* Dispatched to domestic violence "My oldest son is assaulting my youngest son." Arrive onscene parties are 8 and 6. Mother insists "He got to go." As in the 8 year old had to go to jail for slapping his younger brother. Both brothers went, to Child Protective Services, and a safety plan was put in place to ensure mother was capable of raising them.
* Dispatched to theft. "Someone is stealing my tomatoes off the tomato plant." Looked in backyard, noticed tops of hastas also missing. Case closed, warrant signed on Bambi, Prince of the Forrest.
* From a few weeks ago on a very busy Saturday evening a guy called in a car blocking the driveway of his house. Parking complaint is a very low priority run and is being held while we attend to car crashes, bar fights, burglar alarms, and the like. Guy keeps calling, keeps being told police are occupied with priority runs. Guy calls back, was robbed at gun point waiting for police. We respond. He doesn't want a report taken, can't give description, but while you are here, can you tow this car blocking my driveway. We do. He doesn't realize business across street has video surveillance. Charged with disrupting public services a week later after video reviewed.
* Several reports of burglaries in progress that turned out to be racoons. At least they dress the part.
* Several burglaries where the burglar put all belongings outside in black plastic bags. These often had several notices of eviction from the Sheriff's Department. People think by not showing up to eviction hearing they cannot get evicted.
Kabuki Kitsune 6 months ago
Hate to say this, but the guy with the car blocking the driveway... I can kind of see WHY he did what he did. It is VERY frustrating when you call for something and it takes an hour or two for the police to show up. Also note, in some areas, a homeowner can be fined for having a vehicle towed, even if it's blocking their driveway. Hence why the police are called to do the tow.
#57
Had to respond to a fight between two guys that started over a Magic the Gathering game. Since I play I helped resolve the conflict (was something to due with instant speed and being able to respond to the instant with an activated ability). Also, I told them in the future to check online for an answer rather than start physically fighting.
#58
Well we did have a cruiser show up to my house because my 7yo brother called them when he got too scared of jeepers creepers the movie.
#59
There was a lady that called the cops on a homeless shelter because they wouldn't let her turn the dorm into a sauna (said she was freezing, but refused blankets, wanted to use a fire hazard space heater). Cops came, saw the dorm was over 65 F, and told her that it wasn't an emergency and left.
#60
Not a police officer, but I have a funny story.
So, my Dad likes a drink. One night, he goes around to his mate's house for a few while I go for a nap.
A few hours pass and I'm woken up by my step-mother's blood-curdling screams. As you can imagine, the adrenaline began flowing because I had no f*****g idea what was happening.
Turns out there is a madman trying to force himself into the house. The doorbell is constantly ringing and yelling is coming from the front door. He was apparently looking for my father to kick his a*s.
My step-mother, frightened as f**k, is simultaneously trying to comfort my younger siblings and call the police.
If I hadn't have still been in a bit of a daze from the nap, I would've known straight away. Turns out it was my drunk father in a super realistic old man mask trying to prank us.
Anyway, I let him in, call him a f**k head, and step-mum begins roasting the f**k out of him, all while the kids are in hysterics and have lost all trust in their father.
Moments later, three police cars with sirens blaring rush into the house with guns drawn. My step-mother tells them what had happened and they weren't too impressed, although, one did visibly giggle.
They offered to take my beer drenched father into custody over night, but forgiving step-mum refused. Oh, and apparently all of this triggered an anxiety disorder in my young sister.
Good ole Dad.
#61
A citizen was concerned about an albino squirrel in the park (afraid someone would hurt it or mess with it, I suppose). Wanted me to capture it and relocate it someplace safer.
Kabuki Kitsune 6 months ago
To be fair, quite often 911 also handles animal control calls as well. People do often mistake them for police, given how, in many areas, their uniforms are similar.
#62
I know the dumbest call I have been subject to: My roommate didn't like me.
That was it. I wasn't into what she was, we were just roommates, not friends, but since her dad was the original lease holder she thought she could just have me thrown on the street so one of her party buddies could move in. Sorry b***h, I have rights, and my name is on the g*****n electric bill...
#63
Not the cop, but my dad is. One time a s****y guy in our town (kinda known for his shittiness), called 911 because someone had poured ranch dressing on his car in the Walmart parking lot.
Ipetmykitteh 6 months ago
I originally read that “someone had poured ranch on his CAT” and I was about to go fight a person.
Kabuki Kitsune 6 months ago
Hate to say this, but the guy who called, actually did the right thing. Granted, he should have called the non emergency line, but not a lot of folks actually know those numbers. Whatever the case, pouring the dressing on the car does constitute vandalism. The acidic ingredients in the dressing are, believe it or not, strong enough to damage auto paint, or remove a clear coat.
#64
Former LEO, besides the typical neighbor drama calls where one neighbor would complain about grass clippings or leaves blown onto their property, two come to mind.
1. Respond to a house for report of a stolen car. Meet the caller on their front porch and they begin describing the missing vehicle. I side step and point behind me and say "So it's just like that one on the street parked in front of your house?" Apparently his mom moved it out of the driveway so she could back her car out. If he had broken eye contact with me he would have seen it over my shoulder as he was describing it. Caller did not appear high just not very smart.
2. A mom called extremely upset because someone left a jar of peanut butter on her front porch. The lid was closed but on the inside someone had drawn a smiley face in the PB with their finger. Her son was allegeric to peanuts and she believed this was a death threat. She demanded I dust for prints and open an attempted homicide case. I did neither of those things.
KazzaHazza 5 months ago
Yea, that seems like a targeted threat. Or kids being little s***s
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Responded to the outside of the county jail one time (L.A. County Twin Towers) and had to actually fight a guy trying to climb the fence *into* the jail. This may not sound like much until you realize we had to fight a guy in order to prevent him from entering the jail, then drive around the back and put him in jail. L.A. is f*****g weird.
#66
I once called the police because there were hundreds of thousands of maggots covering a huge parking lot and I was convinced there was a body in the nearby dumpster causing the infestation.
I might have been drinking a bunch.
#67
A man was approached by a duo in McDonald's parking lot. The two said "we're going to show you that you can trust us. Give us your money and we'll walk around McDonald's and come back". He gave them $600. They never came back.
#68
My dad in the early 80's was high as s**t and called the cops to report that his neighbor stole his pot.
Joe Reaves 6 months ago
Sadly, as someone with a friend who works on a bank fraud line, I can assure you there really are a LOT of people who are this stupid while perfectly sober. I get to hear her stupid customer stories all the time and i can absolutely believe all of these happened and that most of them were stone cold sober.
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Not an officer, but I'm a newspaper reporter. Several years ago, I received a police report about a gentleman who reported a stolen bowl of macaroni. I think I still have the report somewhere.
#70
When I interned with a local PD in college we got a call from a (able bodied) woman who wanted someone to come help her across a busy street because there was no crosswalk. There was a crosswalk exactly one block up from where she was.
#71
I got pulled over a year ago for speeding (10mph over the speed limit) and not one, or two, or three, but FOUR cop cars showed up to the "scene". It was in my super suburban hometown, and I am a 5'1" female, driving a non tinted window, smaller SUV. I think I can speak for the 3 cops who were called that it was pretty f*****g dumb.
Bill Swallow 6 months ago
... So, one cop car showed up empty, all by itself? Dang self-driving is getting better!
Taylor's Ferry 5 months ago (edited)
The initial police guy on the scene called for backup (maybe)
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I remember hearing about a lady that called the cops because the were McOut McOf McChicken McNuggets.
#73
I once had cops called on me as a potential case of domestic abuse.
I was playing Diablo.
Elwood Schwartz (it/that) 6 months ago
I have played Diablo a LOT and yes, I can totally see that happening if you have the volume up loud and have thin walls or close neighbors.
#74
Not me but my friend called child protective services when she was 8 because her mom took away her cosmic brownie. She was a pretty fat kid.
#75
My dumbest call was a back up request from our fire department. 50 yo 400lb guy had been calling the fire department a few times a day to let his dog out or bring him something like milk or the tv remote. They explained that they were regularly taking care of his dog by letting it out and picking up its poop. The fire department finally got pissed and started calling us to help.
The guy use to be normal and then he got fat and started needing medicine so he wouldn't hurt. The medicine made him completely idle so he got really fat and completely spaced out.
I was going to arrest him for 911 abuse after I found out that they had 60 calls since the beginning of that year. Didn't have a big enough car so I took a warrant and let someone else figure it out.
#76
TL;DR: Our landlord called the police over $2 and a few cigarettes.
Backstory, we live in a three family home, and our landlord had agreed to rent the upstairs apartment to a couple moving from out of state without meeting them, after getting a good reference about them from the man who was hiring one of them to work for him. They were white trash. Loud at all hours, severely underweight and filthy dog, smoked in the house (they were told not to do this) and even jimmied the washing machine open to steal quarters (the landlord didn't collect these, the washing machine was just on our neighbor's grid, and they were used to reimburse them for the utilities that were used).
We shared a common entryway with these garbage people, and my boyfriend left his jacket out there. In the morning, the last few cigarettes from his pack, and two dollars were missing. He called the landlord to let him know, (at this point our landlord was desperate to get them out, and was trying to build a case) and our landlord called the police. An officer had to come over and take a report. We felt kind of silly.
#77
Not me but a buddy of mine responded to a domestic call where a man had assaulted his girlfriend with a pizza. He pulls up, sees said suspect sitting outside, avidly denying this claim. Then he walks in the house to see a woman covered with pizza and small burns. Man was arrested. I believe this was even on the Jay Leno show or a similar late night show.
#78
My grandma was recovering from surgery in the hospital once. She had to share the room with this senile woman. I was really young but this woman was so memorable. Whenever she needed something, hungry, bed raised, whatever, she would dial out to 911, like multiple times in an hour. Because "you call 911 for help". I guess eventually dispatch called the hospital and told the nurses station what was happening and they had to go in there and talk to her about it. Hilarious though.
What do you think ?
Random User 6 months ago
A neighbor once called the cops on me because my air conditioner unit was too loud. They showed up with a decibel meter... and her's was louder.
Tonyah Mcanelly 5 months ago
Not me but they do a corn huge corn maze by my house . Its pretty massive. despite having maps and markers . Every Year our police department gets so many 911 calls for people lost in the corn maze, They set up a designated line they transfter back to the operators of the corn maze to have them locate lost people
Brian Droste 5 months ago
That is why I wouldn't do a corn maze. I am afraid I would get lost or not to be able to find my way out.
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Robert T 5 months ago
I'll add one of my own. We had an older guy that we had taken on as a junior developer. He was known for doing stupid things. For some reason, he decide he wanted to make a phone call using the phone on my desk, instead of the one on his own. I covered technical support, so I had a headset plugged into the phone. Upon picking up the handset and not hearing a dial tone, he pressed 9 for an outside line. As no dial tone was forthcoming, he press 9 again, and again and again, before finally giving up and wandering off. I know this because a short while later, I returned from the loo, and took a phone call from the emergency operator, who was responding to a silent emergency call. I definitely swore after hanging up the call! [the emergency number in the UK is 999 for those not familiar]
Kathy Brooke 5 months ago
I used to have the sweetest old Church member who every year got very wound up about thistledown blowing across the road, thinking it was a distraction for drivers and causing a hazard. So every year without fail she called both the police and the council about "the fairies on the bypass". Oddly. They never did anything.
arthbach 5 months ago
A police constable sauntered up to my door, and asked if everything was okay. "Yes, sure, everything's fine." They'd received a emergency call from the property, and a small child was asking for 'Gah-ma'. My face fell, "I'm really sorry. I found my toddler holding phone and trying to speak with Grandma. So sorry you've had a wasted journey." The officer said as it was a child they needed to check it out, but they hadn't been at all concerned. He'd managed to have a lovely walk in the sunshine and would take the long way back to the police station. He was so chill about it. I gave him a cookie.
Winifred Ann Emanuel 5 months ago
I think the majority from those calling police just have nothing to do, --should get a job, a hobby, a life
Random User 6 months ago
A neighbor once called the cops on me because my air conditioner unit was too loud. They showed up with a decibel meter... and her's was louder.
Tonyah Mcanelly 5 months ago
Not me but they do a corn huge corn maze by my house . Its pretty massive. despite having maps and markers . Every Year our police department gets so many 911 calls for people lost in the corn maze, They set up a designated line they transfter back to the operators of the corn maze to have them locate lost people
Brian Droste 5 months ago
That is why I wouldn't do a corn maze. I am afraid I would get lost or not to be able to find my way out.
Load More Replies... Robert T 5 months ago
I'll add one of my own. We had an older guy that we had taken on as a junior developer. He was known for doing stupid things. For some reason, he decide he wanted to make a phone call using the phone on my desk, instead of the one on his own. I covered technical support, so I had a headset plugged into the phone. Upon picking up the handset and not hearing a dial tone, he pressed 9 for an outside line. As no dial tone was forthcoming, he press 9 again, and again and again, before finally giving up and wandering off. I know this because a short while later, I returned from the loo, and took a phone call from the emergency operator, who was responding to a silent emergency call. I definitely swore after hanging up the call! [the emergency number in the UK is 999 for those not familiar]
Kathy Brooke 5 months ago
I used to have the sweetest old Church member who every year got very wound up about thistledown blowing across the road, thinking it was a distraction for drivers and causing a hazard. So every year without fail she called both the police and the council about "the fairies on the bypass". Oddly. They never did anything.
arthbach 5 months ago
A police constable sauntered up to my door, and asked if everything was okay. "Yes, sure, everything's fine." They'd received a emergency call from the property, and a small child was asking for 'Gah-ma'. My face fell, "I'm really sorry. I found my toddler holding phone and trying to speak with Grandma. So sorry you've had a wasted journey." The officer said as it was a child they needed to check it out, but they hadn't been at all concerned. He'd managed to have a lovely walk in the sunshine and would take the long way back to the police station. He was so chill about it. I gave him a cookie.
Winifred Ann Emanuel 5 months ago
I think the majority from those calling police just have nothing to do, --should get a job, a hobby, a life
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