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Visit the Herts Police website – www.herts.police.uk BECOME A ‘FAN’ OF HERTS POLICE ON FACEBOOK® – http June 2008 to August 2008 saw over a total of 13738 inappropriate calls made to Hertfordshire Constabulary’s call centre, 1155 of which were hoax calls. A hoax call is where someone rings 999 for a deliberately malicious reason. While this is only three per cent of the total 92400 calls made to 999 during that period, the Constabulary wants to push this number down further with help from the media and the public. Hertfordshire Constabulary has released this recording – and others – as examples of calls made to demonstrate the kind of calls we receive. Superintendent Rob Henry, who manages the Contact Management Centre, said: Whether someone rings 999 maliciously or in error, it could prevent a genuine 999 caller from getting through or divert valuable police resources from a genuine emergency incident. Ultimately, it could endanger someones life, and even result in a criminal conviction for the caller if the call is found to be malicious. We are strongly appealing for people to think before they call. While the number of hoax and inappropriate calls to Hertfordshire Constabulary is fairly low, we want to make it even lower if not cut it out altogether and are asking for help from members of the public. HERTFORDSHIRE Constabulary has released this sound bite of a hoax call received over Christmas 2010 to remind people of the dangers, particularly at this busy time of year …
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