Queensland Police have revealed that 90 per cent of reports made to the triple zero emergency hotline in 2017 should have been relayed to police through other avenues.
This high ratio of non-emergency calls can prevent police from quickly responding to genuine crisis situations.
Queensland Police asked that noise complaints, vehicular accidents where no injuries have occured, and reports of breaks in where no offender is present, which callers often assume to be Triple 0 incidents, be directed to the PoliceLink hotline instead.
The number for PoliceLink: 131 444.