Misuse of 999 - ST Forum 16/9

• ndsef

  16 Sep 05, 11:22

  Did you guys read the forum page where a reader wrote in to feedback on the misuse of 999 to make non - emergency reports?
  
  I think the most simplistic answer is that the telephone nos. of NPCs are usually toll-free and damn bloody long. Ask anyone on the streets what is the no of their nearest NPC, the answer would most probably be "don't know". Even I also don't know the no of my NPC.
  
  So it will become very natural for us to dial 999 instead.
• crazy monkey

  16 Sep 05, 13:36

  next time i see malay kids smoke at playground or void deck shd i call 999 also ?
• Lowclassman

  18 Sep 05, 04:03

  Originally posted by crazy monkey:

  next time i see malay kids smoke at playground or void deck shd i call 999 also ?

  Ya, this is practsing in all over the world using 9999999999999999999999.
• sbst275

  18 Sep 05, 08:29

  By right, small case let the NPP or NPC settle
  
  999 is for major case...
  
  Maybe split the 2 hotlines like 995 and 1777?
• ndsef

  18 Sep 05, 12:49

  Originally posted by sbst275:

  By right, small case let the NPP or NPC settle
  
  999 is for major case...
  
  Maybe split the 2 hotlines like 995 and 1777?

  Good idea esp with today's technology, it will be easy to route the 1777 call to the nearest NPC.
• sbst275

  18 Sep 05, 16:59

  Originally posted by ndsef:

  Good idea esp with today's technology, it will be easy to route the 1777 call to the nearest NPC.

  1777 taken