Burns Lake RCMP officers have been busy attending 911 calls in the region that were not made by people.
“We’ve getting a tremendous amount of abandoned 911s that are being caused by old phone lines that need to be upgraded,” said staff sergeant Charlotte Peters with the Burns Lake RCMP.
Peters explained that when the RCMP receive an abandoned 911 call, they are required to track down who that number is registered to, locate that person and confirm that they are in fact safe.
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