A resident in a posh Yorkshire village rang the cops after seeing a "suspicious" delivery van from a popular supermarket - saying "people around here don't shop at Tesco".
The claim has been cited by North Yorkshire Police as an example of inappropriate recent calls made to its 101 non-emegency number.
The force has made a number of changes to the way its control room operates after a dramatic rise in the amount of time callers take waiting for a response.
A report about the new system being introduced from this summer includes details of cases where police time has been wasted by unnecessary calls.
Others include a caller who said: "I've set off to go on holiday and I've forgotten to put my bins out. Can the police go round and put them out?"
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