The silly things we dial 999 for…

Problems with Sky TV and a complaint about loud love-making were also among reasons they rang 101 or 999.

One man even phoned to tell police that his neighbour dislikes him because he used to jump on a trampoline wearing a dress!

Det Sgt Nigel Taaffe said: “There are people who place a disproportionate demand on our resources and not for policing issues.”

South Yorkshire Police released the callhandler log to the Advertiser to highlight how both emergency and non-emergency numbers are misused.

The force is now sending letters and threatening legal action on those who consistently waste their time and resources.

Police also fear that real crimes — like hate incidents against the disabled — are meanwhile going unreported.

Police urged people to call 999 only in emergencies and to use 101 to report less urgent crime or disorder and for general police enquiries

A SELECTION of calls made by Rotherham residents to the 101 and 999 numbers during the past 12 months, as logged by the callhandler:

Caller is disliked by his neighbour because he used to jump up and down on his trampoline in a dress.

Caller states that her daughter, 11 years, is “attacking her”. Questioned further, it turns out her daughter is being a naughty girl and won’t go to bed.

Confused caller says she does not seem to be able to get films with her Sky TV card. Advised she would need to speak to Sky.

There is a couple with a big brown dog that is running around. It has not been aggressive towards anyone but caller is concerned as to the size of the dog. He has spoken to the couple about the dog but they have not done anything.

Full story and more examples of 999 calls in this week’s Advertiser