![]() ![]() Mc Kenzie said E999 has the ability to trace phone calls, unlike 555 which allows for callers to give anonymous tips. Only 48,427 of those calls were legitimate calls that required police assistance or intervention, Mc Kenzie said. Of that amount, 274,173 were prank or nuisance calls. The trend has not changed much for the first four months of this year.īetween the period January 1 to April 30, 2019, there were a total of 322,600 calls to E999. Only 131,963 of the calls made to E999 last year were legitimate emergencies that required police intervention or assistance, according to the statistics, Mc Kenzie said. This means that more than eight out of every 10 phone calls received by E999 last year were prank or nuisance calls. ![]() Of that figure 1,007,835 were either “prank, nuisance, or idle type telephone calls,” which included heavy breathing, giggling and the giving of false information, Mc Kenzie said. Mc Kenzie said a total of 1,139,798 calls were made to E999 for the period January 1 to December 31, 2018. Sgt Steve Mc Kenzie of the TTPS revealed the statistics yesterday as he spoke about the type of calls made to E9. (err, I mean Andrew, I just use the alias Rick often when I prank call.More than one million prank or nuisance phone calls were made to the Trinidad and Tobago Police Services’ emergency command centre (E999) last year. If enough of you like the idea, I may start recording my prank calls again and sharing them. don’t order pizzas and not pick them up or make up a fake tragedy).
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