Ajman - Lieutenant Colonel Hisham Abdullah Bu Shab, Director of Police Operation Room at Ajman Police, has revealed that an elderly Emirati man called the emergency hotline number 999 daily to ask the police to listen to his new poem.
The elderly man insisted on reading his full poem and took a long time, the official said. His calls were handled patently and he stopped calling after a while.
He also revealed that many people called the emergency number during Ramadan to ask about the Iftar timing.
He said people have to understand that the number 999 is for those who are in an emergency such as an accident, heart attack, or a fire. People should not call 999 for non-emergency issues.
The Operations Room of the Ajman Police received 177,000 calls during the first quarter of this year, about 69,000 calls per month and only 16,000 calls were emergency calls.
“I ask people not to misuse the emergency number,” said Lt. Col.l Bu Shab, “We receive a number of calls on the emergency number for general inquiries, wrong numbers or bogus emergencies which placed an extra burden on emergency resources,” he said.