Can I have the details of the good looking officer? There is a fox licking my loo! These are just two of many inappropriate calls to 999 in recent months.

With police receiving over 300,000 calls to their communications centre since April this year, they are reminding the public that inappropriate or hoax calls are not acceptable.

Here are just a selection of the strange calls received

 

 

A spokesman said: "Call handlers based at police HQ provide 24/7 telephone support, 365 days a year, and help save lives.

"But demand on our Communications Centre is increasing, and one problem we face is inappropriate or hoax calls.

"Misuse of the system can result in longer wait times on our 101 line for everyone, and even the possibility of a genuine 999 call being blocked from reaching us.

"Remember, when calling 999 the first thing we ask is "what’s your emergency" – please make sure there is one."

To raise awareness, police have launched a new Twitter account @ASPCallCentre to help give guidance on the correct use of 101 and 999 and highlight times of peak demand.