(HALDIMAND COUNTY, ON.) Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Haldimand County detachment has charged a 30 year old male with Public Mischief after investigating several calls at an Ottawa St, Cayuga, Haldimand County, ON address.
Over the period of two days this past weekend officers responded to false 911 calls at the Cayuga address. Despite warnings from Police about the use of the 911 system, 3 more false 911 calls from the same address and same telephone number were received.
As a result of the Police investigation 30 year old Kevin CLAUSE of Haldimand County, ON has been charged with Public Mischief. He is to appear in Provincial Court, Cayuga, ON at a later date to answer to the charges.
The use of “911†is for emergencies. Every time an officer responds to a false 911 call it may interfere or delay their response to an actual emergency. For every false 911 call, two officers are involved with the call for at least 1/2 hour.
For the month of August 2013 Haldimand County OPP officers responded to 131 false 911 calls.
All non-emergent calls can be made to the Ontario Provincial Police Communications Centre at 1 – 800 – 310 – 1122.