 A Mississauga teenager was cautioned by the Ontario Provincial Police after she called 911 last Tuesday to complain that her parents "forced her" to go on vacation with them at a rental cottage east of Toronto in Trent Hills. 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, 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.
– 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.)