You find a runaway dog that clearly belongs to someone.
There is a dead animal on the road that you personally didn't hit and can push off, but still needs to be disposed of/reported
You find a lost wallet and aren't able to visit the police on site today
There are surely quite some more instances where you should contact your local police and don't want to go to your national emergency number. Two of these cases happened to me where i did have not clear enough mind about searching for a local number and was happy to have it ready.
DunDewEet t1_iy2dmyg wrote
Reply to LPT Keep the police non-emergency number in your phone contacts wherever you live/work. You never know when you might need it. by whitlockian
Examples you might use the number for:
You find a runaway dog that clearly belongs to someone.
There is a dead animal on the road that you personally didn't hit and can push off, but still needs to be disposed of/reported
You find a lost wallet and aren't able to visit the police on site today
There are surely quite some more instances where you should contact your local police and don't want to go to your national emergency number. Two of these cases happened to me where i did have not clear enough mind about searching for a local number and was happy to have it ready.