Lost nose ring, bad haircut, waiting for food among top 911 nuisance calls this year in B.C.
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'No matter how absurd a call might be on the surface, we have to treat every 911 call as an emergency until we can confidently determine otherwise,' said E-Comm's Alaina Milicevic.
It’s been said before and will be said again. Common sense isn’t common.
Case in point (actually several) come from E-Comm’s 10th annual list of top 911 nuisance calls in B.C.
Incredibly, in this age of technical marvels, some people still can’t fathom that calling 911 is for emergencies only. But wait! What constitutes an emergency?
In one case, and we kid you not, E-comm said someone called 911 asking for directions on how to get home after attending a Drake concert.
Yet another person called 911 because their Airbnb reservation had been cancelled, while a third said their Uber Eats order was taking too long. And a fourth called 911 after losing their nose ring while showering.
“No matter how absurd a call might be on the surface, we have to treat every 911 call as an emergency until we can confidently determine otherwise,” said Alaina Milicevic, a police call taker at E-Comm.
“Every second we spend fielding questions about Airbnb reservations or complaints about Uber Eats orders is time that could otherwise be dedicated to helping someone in a life-threatening emergency situation. We can’t help you with consumer complaints on 911. Reaching out to an appropriate customer service agent, or filing a report with the Better Business Bureau might help resolve your issue.”
Below are the E-Comm’s top-10 nuisance calls of 2023 in B.C.
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