Taco Bell drive-thru line is too long: Durham police release most ridiculous 911 calls of year
Posted December 31, 2021 1:29 pm.
Last Updated December 31, 2021 5:37 pm.
The Taco Bell drive thru line is too long.
I lost my wifi password.
Can you scare my smart-mouthed 12-year-old?
Those are just a few of the most ridiculous reasons people in Durham region called 911 in 2021.
Durham regional police released the stupefying list on Friday. And although it can come across as somewhat comical, police want the public to know it’s no laughing matter, and in fact, could put lives at risk.
“Misuse of 911 can potentially delay someone with a life-threatening emergency from getting help,” police said in a release.
“Before dialing 911 please remember that is for police, medical or fire emergencies, meaning there is an immediate threat to someone’s health, safety or property.”
These are the most ridiculous 911 calls in Durham for 2021:
- Taco Bell drive thru line was too long.
- Caller’s kitchen flooded so they dialed 911. The caller was advised to contact his insurance company and a plumber. The caller didn’t appreciate that answer so they hung up and called 911 again and said the same thing.
- Kids called 911 asking if the call-taker’s refrigerator was running.
- Parent looking to have police attend to ‘scare’ their 12-year-old son who is talking back.
- The caller’s 9-year-old son changed the wifi password and refused to give them the new one. The caller wanted officers dispatched to force the child to provide the new password.
- Caller dialed 911 asking police to find their wifi password
- Trying to find COVID test results.
- Uber driver upset that after 10 minutes, the customer wasn’t coming to the vehicle.
- Cat got out of the house/stuck in a tree.
- Caller requesting the non-emergency police number.
- A pizza place made caller the wrong pizza, and they wanted them charged because they wouldn’t make a new one.
- A parking garage gate ate the caller’s money and they couldn’t exit the garage.
