Audio recording of an emergency call by a young boy in New Zealand has gone viral after police responded to the four-year-old’s call to “come over and see” his toys.
Photo via Facebook (New Zealand Police)
According to the Herald Scotland, police in the South Island city of Invercargill shared the exchange on social media, however, they do not encourage children to call the emergency number.
But this time… it was “too cute not to share”
During the call, the young boy can be heard saying: “Um, can I tell you something? I’ve got some toys for you. Come over and see them!”
A man then picks up the phone from the boy and confirms that the call was a mistake and there was no emergency.
Well, it looks like it was just a little boy who wanted to share his toys!
Nevertheless, a police dispatch call then goes out, providing the address and stating clearly that: “There is a four-year-old who is wanting to show police their toys, over.”
Child calls 111
While we don’t encourage children to call 111 to show us their toys, this was too cute not to share 🧸 🤖 Constable Kurt from Southern District Police responded by arriving at the child’s house and was shown an array of toys. He also had a good educational chat with the child and his parents about only using 111 for emergencies 🚨
Posted by New Zealand Police on Thursday, October 14, 2021
Police officer, known only as Constable Kurt, attended the address where he was shown a selection of toys. He later confirmed to his fellow officers that, as he has testified, the boy did indeed “have cool toys”.
The force also showed a photo of Constable Kurt with the boy sitting happily on the bonnet of his police car and wearing the officer’s hat.
How adorable!
By: Aishah Akashah Ahadiat
