Wanting to add a channel to cable, arguing with your mom over pizza pops or looking for the phone number to the post office are not what any rational thinking person would consider an emergency but they are some of the calls 911 operators in Winnipeg have to contend with.

In honour of National Public Safety Telecommunications week the Winnipeg Police Service has produced a tongue-in-cheek video using real calls that have come into the 911 emergency centre.

Although humorous calls like these take up resources and can delay response times for actual emergencies.