Ontario teenager calls 911 saying she was ‘forced’ to go on vacation with parents

Police have issued a stern warning to an Ontario teenager who called 911 saying she had been forced to go on vacation with her parents.

Provincial police say a 15-year-old girl from Mississauga, west of Toronto, called the emergency line last Tuesday while at a rental cottage in Trent Hills, near Belleville.

Const. Steve Bates says that when officers arrived, the teen buried her face in her hands and said she didn’t want to be there.

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He says the officers warned her it was not an appropriate use of 911 and left any further discipline to her mother, who had been unaware of the call.

Bates says such calls tie up police resources, which can affect the safety of others. The girl’s name has not been released.

So-called false 911 emergency calls have become a growing concern for police forces across the country.

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The head of the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police said calls from people who dial 911 in non-emergency situations lead to a waste of time and resources.

“We had a call here – she forgot her pastries at Safeway and wanted us to go pick them up for her,” Saskatoon Police Chief Clive Weighill, president of the chiefs association, told the Canadian Press in April. “Sometimes you just get calls you really shake your head at. Why would anybody phone 911 for that?”

Other infamous examples of people abusing the emergency tool have been reported across Canada.

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In June, a Newfoundlander called 911 to report her pizza didn’t have enough cheese.

“The individual had an issue with the company she bought the pizza from, and there wasn’t enough cheese, and had approached the company and didn’t like whatever response they had given,” Royal Newfoundland Constabulary Const. Geoff Higdon said.

And last December, British Columbia’s largest 911 call centre, E-Comm911, issued a list of the top 10 reasons not to call the emergency line, based on actual calls received in 2015.

2015 top reasons to not call 9-1-1:

1. Requesting the number for a local tire dealership
2. Reporting an issue with a vending machine
3. Asking for the non-emergency line
4. Because a car is parked too close to theirs
5. “My son won’t put his seatbelt on”
6. Coffee shop is refusing to refill coffee
7. Asking if it’s okay to park on the street
8. “My roommate used my toothbrush”
9. Asking for help getting a basketball out of a tree
10. Reporting that their building’s air system is too loud and they can’t sleep

*With files from Global News