Police today urged to the public to use the 999 hotline for emergencies only.
Police Regional Command & Control Centres received more than one million calls in the first six months this year, of which only 66% were genuine.
The rest were misdialled or nuisance calls.
Police said hotline misuse unnecessarily engages control centre operators and delays the handling of genuine emergencies, endangering the lives of people in genuine need of assistance.
People can call police stations which can promptly handle most crime reports and non-emergency requests.
A list of police station contact numbers can be found on the Police website.
