article_snippet: The force has been publishing The force calls on Twitter today in a bid to highlight how the emergency call system is abused and the kind of reports received on a daily basis.
article_snippet: the force's first 24 hour 'tweetathon' started at midnight this morning and call handlers had already dealt with 1,800 calls by 7.30pm.
article_snippet: They are tweeting both 999 calls and those made to the non-emergency 101 number as well as statistics and advice after seeing a rise in the number of reports it is taking.
article_snippet: Becky Tipper, Call Handling Manager said: 'Every day we receive an average of 3,000 calls, 550 of which are emergency 999 calls.
article_snippet: Last year 1 in 5 of these calls weren't emergencies.' 'During our tweetathon our will be giving an insight into "a day in the life" in our communications centre. '
article_snippet: If we can help cut the number of unnecessary calls we receive on both 101 and 999, this will reduce call waiting times and improve the experience for callers who genuinely need we help.'
article_snippet: It comes at the end of a week long campaign to encourage the public to use the 999 and 101 numbers in the right way.
highlights_snippet: It's in a bid to highlight how the emergency call system is often misused .
  
highlights_snippet: Vodafone have taken 1,800 calls so far today and will be tweeting until midnight .