E-Mails

[Lindylou]

I received an e-mail this morning re Mobile phones and contacting the Police Dispatcher directly with the No. 112. Apparently this saved a young girl from a convicted rapist driving around in an unmarked car with a red flashing light purporting to be an unmarked police car. Is this another urban myth or is there any truth in the incident?

[Pinotage]

112 is the emergency number - same as 999. The EU decided to standardise on having the same emergency number throughout the EU and chose 112 which was implemented a few years ago. UK keeps 999 running in parallel.

[sft42]

Undecided....the best website for urban myths is Snopes.com ...heere's what they have to say

http://www.snopes.com/horrors/mayhem/fakecop.htm