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Nearly 1 in 4 Emergency Calls in 2022 Were Pranks, Trivial Calls: Aussie State Police Data

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Nearly 1 in 4 Emergency Calls in 2022 Were Pranks, Trivial Calls: Aussie State Police Data
Nuisance, trivial and prank calls made up nearly a quarter of calls to Australia's Northern Territory’s emergency call centre in 2022. Shutterstock
Henry Jom
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Nuisance, trivial and prank calls made up nearly a quarter of calls to the Northern Territory’s emergency call centre in 2022, according to recent police data.

Statistics provided to The Epoch Times from the NT’s Joint Emergency Service Communication Centre (JESCC) show that 82,323 (22 percent) of the 379,559 calls made in 2022 were time-wasters.

Henry Jom
Henry Jom
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Henry Jom is a reporter for The Epoch Times, Australia, covering a range of topics, including medicolegal, health, political, and business-related issues. He has a background in the rehabilitation sciences and is currently completing a postgraduate degree in law. Henry can be contacted at [email protected]
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