Everyone knows to dial 9-1-1 in an emergency, but plenty of people in the Bay area apparently never got the memo.



The Tampa Police Department says more than half of the people who call 9-1-1 in the city don't have an emergency at all, so officials have launched a new social media campaign to get the word out about how not to call 9-1-1.



The department is now posting on social media examples of people who called 9-1-1 when they shouldn't have.



In one recording, you hear a woman ask the dispatcher whether to set your clock back or forward for Daylight Saving Time.



In another example, a woman dialed 9-1-1 to tell the operator she has a phobia of bridges. She was driving over the Howard Frankland bridge and asked if there was an officer available to pick her car up for her and drive it over.



"We thought it was a good idea to highlight these calls," TPD spokesperson Andrea Davis said. "Yes, it gives people a little bit of a chuckle. But anytime you can get people engaged and laughing, they take the message in better."



Emergency dispatchers don't want to discourage anyone from calling 9-1-1.

"But we do want people to realize what's an emergency, and what's not," dispatcher Yariela Rodriguez said.



Rodriguez says several times a month, she will field a call from someone who has lost their keys.

"They want an officer to come and help them look for their keys," she said. "That is not an emergency."



Officials said a good rule of thumb is that if you are in immediate danger, or believe you or someone else may be, you should dial 9-1-1.

If it's something that can wait, like a burglary that is not in progress, you should call the non-emergency number. That number for Tampa is 813-231-6130.



You can see a new 9-1-1 call every Friday on the Tampa Police Department Facebook page. The goal is to get everyone to put the non-emergency number into their phone. Officials are hoping this cuts down on needless 9-1-1 calls.