A man called 911 over a broken zip (Picture: YouTube)

Could this be the most ridiculous police call ever? Listen here.

A US man took wasting police time to another level when he called 911 for assistance over a broken zip on his wife’s jacket.

The conversation went like this:

Operator: 911, Police Fire and Medical. Caller: Yeah we got a problem here. My wife is struggling in her jacket and can’t get it off. I want 911 here immediately. Operator: Is she not breathing? Caller: She’s alright, she just can’t get her jacket off.

The man then adds: ‘I don’t want to cut it off, it’s a nice jacket.’


Remarkably, the dispatcher sent a team of emergency personnel to deal with the incident, although the audio has since been released as part of the Washington Dispatch Agency’s ‘You called 911 for that?!’ campaign.