06-07-2018 18:10 via ottawacitizen.com

Backyard raccoon is not an emergency, OPP sternly advises

Oh, the tales 911 dispatchers could tell …
It was Grenville County OPP’s turn Friday to remind the public what an emergency really is after a 24-hour period in which they got five 911 pocket dials and a sixth from a citizen reporting she had a raccoon in her backyard.
See when police get a 911 call, they have to respond and two officers will attend the location.
“This places a strain on police resources and may place others, with real emergencies, at risk,” police e
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