More than one third of calls made to Peel’s 911 system in the first two months of this year were not emergencies and are made by residents misusing the emergency number, Peel Regional Police report.

In January and February Peel Regional Police 911 operators fielded 65,547 calls and of those 28,298 (36 per cent) were not emergency calls and should have been handled in another way.

According to Sarah Runge, a 911 operator, some of the misuse calls she has received include:

• Potential recruits asking how to become a police officer;