999 hoax callers 'laugh and talk about ordering pizza' after ringing Essex Police (Image: Newsquest / Pixabay)
Essex Police's force control room has issued a warning after a number of inappropriate 999 calls which "delay genuine help".
The force's 999 call handlers dealt with a number of calls which had been accidentally dialled from people doing a school run, going to work, on Wednesday (November 23).
They also received a hoax call in which they were "laughing and talking about ordering a pizza".
Just 10 days earlier the control room took a 999 call from an individual who wanted to know the time, and the day before had someone call to ask what the non-urgent number was.
An Essex Police control room spokesman tweeted: "These calls aren't appropriate use of 999 and delay genuine help. #HelpUsHelpYou"
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