Police Shame Pranksters On YouTube

Barence writes "British police are shaming hoax 999 callers and time-wasters on YouTube in an effort to cut down on non-emergency calls. Video clips uploaded include a lady phoning police to ask what year the internet started, the dramatic tale of a man whose wife would only provide salmon sandwiches for lunch, and another worried soul who had lost her glasses and could not see properly to peel potatoes. Anyone else think the chance of YouTube fame is more likely to encourage copycats than educate people about the wrongs of hoax calling?"

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How about a dead mouse on a porch?

[grasshoppa]

Except it wasn't a prank. The lady actually believed she could call the cops to get a dead mouse off her porch.

A friend of mine was the dispatcher who took the call, and he kept the recording.