A Londoner called 999 to demand that police take down an 'infernal' helicopter that was looking for a missing woman, because it had woken him up, with officers releasing the audio
The operator retorts: "You called a life and death emergency line."
The caller hits back: "I want some sleep... I want you to get that machine out of the sky so that I can get some sleep, if you don't mind." The 999 operator tells the caller that he shouldn't be dialling 999 for this as it wasn't an emergency.The operator tells him: "We're very busy and this is a life and death emergency line", before ending the call.
Posting the audio of the call on Twitter, The Met said the helicopter was being used to search for a missing woman, who was eventually found with severe injuries to her arms.Ed McGuinness, a former army officer, said: "People who make these calls should be located, prosecuted and named & shamed for wasting police time."
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