Make it a specific criminal offence to lie to the emergency services

Closed 98 signatures

What the petition asks

We want there to be specific criminal offence for those who lie to the emergency services. We want a law to be enforced that means those who dial 999 and lie to get a faster response, face criminal prosecution for wasting the time of the service.

There have been cases of people telling a call assessor that there is an emergency at an address and once the services arrive it is clear there is no emergency, and false information has been provided to get a faster response. This diverts ambulances away from potential real emergencies.

Timeline

13 Jun 2022	Petition opened for signatures
27 Dec 2022	Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 98

Status Closed

Department Home Office

Opened 13 Jun 2022

Closed 27 Dec 2022

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