'I ordered one saveloy not three': Met reveals time-wasting 999 calls
30 Dec 2019
The Guardian
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A mistake with a chip-shop order and an out-of-date packet of biscuits were among more than 22,000 time-wasting calls to the UK's largest police force this year. Call handlers identified 22,491 hoax 999 calls to the Metropolitan police in the first 11 mon