text: A teen girl from Mississauga, Ontario, called 911 last Tuesday to report what was, in her mind, a very serious crime: Her parents “forced her” to go on vacation with them. 
   
   As first reported by the Star, Police responded to a rental cottage in Trent Hills after receiving the call, but according to Northumberland OPP Const. Stephen Bates, they quickly determined that there was “no real emergency.” 
   
   “This appeared to be a case of a teenager being a teenager,” Bates said. “Although she perceived this as a real issue, it was not an appropriate use of 911.” 
   
   It’s possible that police responded thinking this may have been some sort of kidnapping or abduction situation, but after confirming the girl was safe and interviewing all occupants, they determined it was just a normal family vacation. 
   
   “Calls such as this tie up police resources which could impact the safety of others in the community who are in real need of assistance,” Bates added. The girl was cautioned for misuse of the emergency number. 
   
   According to reports, teens across Canada collectively sighed, rolled their eyes, and put their headphones back on. 
   
   [h/t @thejewishdream| Photo: iStock] ||||| The Mississauga teenager was cautioned by OPP after she called from a rental cottage in Trent Hills, police said Saturday. 
   
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   A Mississauga teenager has been cautioned by police after she called 911 saying her “parents forced her to go on vacation with them” in Trent Hills, Ontario Provincial Police confirmed Saturday. 
   
   Last Tuesday, officers responded to a rental cottage on the Trent River, east of Peterborough, and determined that there was “no real emergency” after the 15-year-old called police, Northumberland OPP Const. Stephen Bates said. 
   
   “This appeared to be a case of a teenager being a teenager,” Bates told the Star. “Although she perceived this as a real issue, it was not an appropriate use of 911.” 
   
   OPP confirmed that the girl was safe, and interviewed all occupants to confirm that it was just a family vacation. 
   
   “Calls such as this tie up police resources which could impact the safety of others in the community who are in real need of assistance,” Bates said. 
   
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   "This appeared to be a case of a teenager being a teenager," Northumberland OPP Const. Steve Bates told CBC News. "Although she perceived this as a real issue, it was not an appropriate use of 911." 
   
   Trent Hills is about 180 kilometres northeast of Toronto. (Google Maps/CBC) 
   
   Officers attended the rental cottage on Trent River, about 180 kilometres northeast of Toronto, to ensure everyone was safe and that there was no "real" emergency, Bates said. 
   
   The 15-year-old girl has been cautioned for misuse of the emergency number. 
   
   "Calls such as this tie up police resources which could impact the safety of others in the community who are in real need of assistance," said Bates.
target: – Is Trent Hills, Ontario, really that bad? A 15-year-old girl “forced” to go to the Canadian vacation spot by her parents last week apparently thought so—and called 911 with her emergency, the CBC reports. Police who responded to the cottage the family rented were not amused. “This appeared to be a case of a teenager being a teenager,” local Constable Stephen Bates tells the Toronto Star. “Although she perceived this as a real issue, it was not an appropriate use of 911.” The girl was given a warning about misusing police resources, Bates says, "which could impact the safety of others in the community who are in real need of assistance." That may be true, observes a post at New York sympathetic to the teen, "but if you've ever been on a family vacation, you can understand where she was coming from." Death and Texas imagines the reaction: "Teens across Canada collectively sighed, rolled their eyes, and put their headphones back on." (This 911 dispatcher handled a very real call about her own kid.)