Senior Officer Warns that Hoax Calls Could Cost Lives A senior Cleveland Police officer is warning - Friday 26 July 2019

By Hartlepool Alert

Senior Officer Warns that Hoax Calls Could Cost Lives A senior Cleveland Police officer is warning that hoax calls could cost lives after hoax 999 calls were made to the Force control room on the busiest day of the year so far. Yesterday, Thursday 25th July, the control room received over 1000 calls, almost half of which were emergency calls dialled on 999, showing a 10 increase in the number of calls received this time last year. A number of hoax calls were received into the control room, which police are warning could prevent genuine emergencies from getting through to the control room. Superintendent Emily Harrison, from the Force Control Room, said Yesterday was one of the busiest days weve had so far this year, and the hot weather has added to the high levels of demand that we have seen over the last few days. We have had increases in calls requiring a real and immediate response. During our high period of demand yesterday, we received a number of hoax 999 calls which turned out to have been made by children. These calls can be traced and any children found to be making hoax calls will be visited and spoken to in front of their parents and warned of the dangers of making hoax 999 calls. If a hoax call prevents another emergency coming through to us, the cost could be someones life. Its a very real risk and we would ask parents for their support in ensuring that their children aware of these dangers.

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