they were probaby seeing that either the grand master,mayor,or cheif inspector got home safely after a night on the ■■■■… 
dieseldog999:
they were probaby seeing that either the grand master,mayor,or cheif inspector got home safely after a night on the ■■■■…
You can bloody laugh… it’s probably true. 
I hope you don’t mind if I comment having worked in the local Police HQ call centre. Systems may differ slightly nationwide.
It’s worth knowing or understanding how the 999 and 101 systems differ. 999 we are all familiar with, you call up when you want emergency services to respond immediately. The police (for instance) telephonist starts logging the details and when he/she has the location and incident type it will be put through to the radio operators. The telephonist will also assign a response level to the incident (immediate/prompt etc - these may get changed as the incident develops). The telephonist will then continue to type in further information as necessary (or maybe tell you several people have called this matter in already), and resend the updated log to the radio operator - perhaps many times over - so staff are kept updated on the event, but waste as little time as possible.
The radio operator is like air traffic control. He/she will have live access to cctv and police unit locations, in order to prioritise the calls coming in. Units on way to a disturbance in a laybye (possible theft or section 4 fear of violence) may have to be diverted at the last minute to a life or death situation.
The non emergency 101 number is a separate piece of software used by the telephonist, and is used to type in crimes. Once the crime has been logged on the system, the information is passed into the local police station for actioning (normally within 24 hours). Sometimes no action needs to be taken immediately, but it is still important to call in crimes, as evidence against someone may be slowly building up over time for instance. The main thing to note about 101, is that the response is not immediate! And you may have to go through a switchboard operator first. The telephonist may realise that an immediate response is required if you call 101 for someone getting beaten up for instance, but that depends on their experience. I called the 101 number some years ago to tell them an artic was running down the motorway with a flat tyre. I thought it wasn’t a life or death matter. The telephonist started to take my life story down, and I later realised my mistake. It was reported mistakenly as a crime rather than an immediate response event. I should have left it up to the radio operator to decide the level of importance.
There is always a trail, all calls are recorded, and the database holds typed records. Crime reporting initiates a crime number which you can use in case you need to call back. You shouldn’t use the 999 number for casual enquiries unless it is an emergency.
Hope this was of interest.
I’ve called 999 four times. Once for a possible drink driver, once for a woman stepping into lane 1 of the m1 trying to flag someone down because she had a puncture, once because someone’s roof box flew open on the a30 just outside Exeter distributing it’s entire contents over both lanes and once because there were 3 bicycles in the middle Lane of the m5 which I can only assume fell off someone’s cycle carrier but they can’t have noticed because there was no one stopped in the area.
Freight Dog:
Harry Monk:
I did call 999 once to report a building fire but the operator was more obsessed with getting my name, address, national insurance number, inside leg measurement and what my favourite colour was rather than sending a fire engine so I wouldn’t bother again.Ha this made me laugh, so British
truckman020:
don’t know where you blokes drive but in 28 years of driving I have never had to call 999,i’ve driven up and down most of the country but never seen anything like the stuff you guys have seen,you allways see these police chases on the interceptors but I have never seen one live on motorways,never had to report drunks at the wheel,nothing,never been to Scotland so maybe it all happens there [lol]
I’ve only called it once but I see it as a good thing. A friend of mine seems cursed and he’s seen some truly hideous scenes unfold in front of him, including more than on fatal, so I’ll count myself lucky having never seen a serious accident happen
Newbie7064:
Am parked on the A1 and I just had to call 999 coz of some very drunk guy who pulled up in a lexus and started harassing me and another trucker parked up in the same layby. He was stumbling everywhere and he tried my door and banged on my window. I can only think maybe he was after some ■■■■■■■. I started my engine ready to go as soon as i realised someone was trying my door, then opened the curtain and window but i just couldn’t make out what this guy was saying. By the time the police van turned up the guy had driven off. As truck drivers we see a lot of things that warrant a 999 call. Just in the last 6 months i have made a call to report a massive piece of debris on the m6 that tore my mudguard off, a woman driving without lights in the middle of the night, an overturned car lying in the middle of a field, a car on fire and a van offloading goods off an artic in a layby. I have never had feedback from all these reports. I’m starting to feel that maybe the police have my number down as a prankster due to the number of calls i have made from the same number and them not managing to catch anyone. I might tone it down a bit and let other road users report instead. What about you guys? Have u ever had to call 999?
I almost never get feedback when I report things to the police. The other day I called 101 to report some junk discarded on the A31 near Alton and didn’t hear anything afterwards. I just assumed they’d gone and got it. Too busy to call back everyone who reports an issue like that.
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I have called a few times and also 101 for the less urgent matters.
I think the last one was a suspected drunk driver who caused several near misses due to erratic driving on the M8. It was around 10 minutes from my initial call to passing them on the hard shoulder. I called back to say well done on a swift response but I dont know what the outcome was
I tried to dial 999 once, but did 666 by mistake.A copper turned up standing on his head.
Newbie7064:
Am parked on the A1 and I just had to call 999 coz of some very drunk guy who pulled up in a lexus and started harassing me and another trucker parked up in the same layby. He was stumbling everywhere and he tried my door and banged on my window. I can only think maybe he was after some ■■■■■■■. I started my engine ready to go as soon as i realised someone was trying my door, then opened the curtain and window but i just couldn’t make out what this guy was saying. By the time the police van turned up the guy had driven off. As truck drivers we see a lot of things that warrant a 999 call. Just in the last 6 months i have made a call to report a massive piece of debris on the m6 that tore my mudguard off, a woman driving without lights in the middle of the night, an overturned car lying in the middle of a field, a car on fire and a van offloading goods off an artic in a layby. I have never had feedback from all these reports. I’m starting to feel that maybe the police have my number down as a prankster due to the number of calls i have made from the same number and them not managing to catch anyone. I might tone it down a bit and let other road users report instead. What about you guys? Have u ever had to call 999?
Thank God you where able to identify him as drunk as opposed to ill and needing medical attention.
It gets better on here. I imagine that 999 resources are probably better utilised on things other than calling needy lorry drivers back to thank them for their initial contact.
scanny77:
I have called a few times and also 101 for the less urgent matters.
I think the last one was a suspected drunk driver who caused several near misses due to erratic driving on the M8.
Well done for that, may not necessarily have been drunk, could have been ill, but you may have saved a life.
scanny77:
I called back to say well done on a swift response
Not so well done for that, the emergency call centre has enough calls to deal without you adding to their load. 
I’ve had to call 101 and 999 a few times. I think the last time was for a Land Rover bolting out of a farm yard without lights on, on the A66 a few months ago. I called 999 when I witnessed a head on crash between a car and parcel van, the car contained a family including very young children who were badly trapped.
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Should have got out and had it out with him mate!!