Quick thinking police emergency call handler sees through disguise to help a woman

Evening Standard

Do you require a pizza delivery or the police? A heroic police emergency call handler has been commended for her quick-thinking after realising a call from a woman was in fact a disguise and an urgent call for help.

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00:00Hello police, what's the emergency? Pizza delivery. Pizza delivery? Okay, do you require

00:10pizza delivery or do you require the police? If it's the police, say yes. Yes. Okay, is

00:18the person, is the person that's scaring you at the property now? Yes. No problem, police

00:26are coming, okay? Have they got any weapons? Answer yes or no. If he's threatened to hurt

00:34you, tell me pepperoni. If he's threatened to hurt the children, tell me cheese. Pepperoni.

00:43Okay, the police will be with you very, very shortly, okay? All right, if you need to call

00:48back 999, keep in a separate room from him for the moment, all right? If I stay on the phone

00:55it will look suspicious if you're calling for a pizza, okay? Okay, police will be with you very

01:03soon.

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