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An angry dad dialled 999 to report his teenage son 1. refusing to go to bed. The schoolboy, 14, was playing 2. his games console at midnight and ignored his parents' pleas to switch it off and 3. some sleep. The late-night row got 4. heated that the boy's father picked up the phone and dialled 999.
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Police in North Wales say it was 5. of the hundreds of 'inappropriate' 999 calls they had in 2012. Others included rubbish bins being left in the wrong place, reports of a faulty phone line and a lost dog.
Superintendent Paul Breed said: 'Many people dial 999 6. their call isn't an emergency simply because they don't know how 7. to contact the police. 999 should still be used if there is a crime in progress; violence is 8. used or threatened or there has been a road accident where people are injured or the road is blocked. Every false or inappropriate 999 call 9. up precious time and prevents someone who really needs our immediate help from getting 10. to us.'
Meanwhile, Cleveland Police reported a woman dialled 999 to complain to police her takeaway order was wrong. She told the bemused emergency operator the restaurant had refused to provide the right meal and she needed help from police.
The call was one of a number highlighted by police who are threatening a crack down on callers who waste police time and 11. lives at risk. Others included a man who contacted emergency services asking how to send a fax, a job seeker who wanted police to type 12. a CV, and a man who rang at 4.30am to check the score in a recent Middlesbrough FC game.
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