A woman called police to report her vehicle stolen, only to discover it later - parked in a different street.
The strange incident was revealed by officers in the outer east London borough of Havering, who are live tweeting calls made to their control room by members of the public.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">Call 1 Caller wishes to cancel report made re. stolen motor vehicle Vehicle was parked in a different street <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MPSHaveringLive?src=hash" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-111261-https://twitter.com/hashtag/MPSHaveringLive?src=hash" data-vars-event-id="c23">#MPSHaveringLive</a>— Havering MPS (@MPSHavering) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/MPSHavering/status/558190863642533888" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-111261-https://twitter.com/MPSHavering/status/558190863642533888" data-vars-event-id="c23">January 22, 2015</a>
Police later confirmed the report had been made by a woman from Hornchurch, but could provide no other information.
Other tweets posted by the force have references reports including a suspected shed burglary in Romford, phone fraud, and a hit and run collision.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck">Call 2 Fraud call claiming to be from Microsoft re. issues with PC Referred to <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/actionfrauduk" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-111261-https://twitter.com/actionfrauduk" data-vars-event-id="c23">@actionfrauduk</a> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.awin1.com/awclick.php?mid=9&id=222025&p=http://t.co/njk1JUkEO9" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-111261-http://t.co/njk1JUkEO9" data-vars-event-id="c23">http://t.co/njk1JUkEO9</a> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MPSHaveringLive?src=hash" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-111261-https://twitter.com/hashtag/MPSHaveringLive?src=hash" data-vars-event-id="c23">#MPSHaveringLive</a>— Havering MPS (@MPSHavering) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/MPSHavering/status/558199013032599552" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-111261-https://twitter.com/MPSHavering/status/558199013032599552" data-vars-event-id="c23">January 22, 2015</a>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck">Call 3 Call to a Shed Burglary in <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Romford?src=hash" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-111261-https://twitter.com/hashtag/Romford?src=hash" data-vars-event-id="c23">#Romford</a> Please check this link for security advice <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.awin1.com/awclick.php?mid=9&id=222025&p=http://t.co/vdzrCDYGFk" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-111261-http://t.co/vdzrCDYGFk" data-vars-event-id="c23">http://t.co/vdzrCDYGFk</a> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MPSHaveringLive?src=hash" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-111261-https://twitter.com/hashtag/MPSHaveringLive?src=hash" data-vars-event-id="c23">#MPSHaveringLive</a>— Havering MPS (@MPSHavering) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/MPSHavering/status/558201377768628224" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-111261-https://twitter.com/MPSHavering/status/558201377768628224" data-vars-event-id="c23">January 22, 2015</a>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck">Call 4 Call from motorist after minor collision. Second vehicle failed to stop Reporting advice here <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.awin1.com/awclick.php?mid=9&id=222025&p=http://t.co/aAKQENI8UX" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-111261-http://t.co/aAKQENI8UX" data-vars-event-id="c23">http://t.co/aAKQENI8UX</a> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MPSHaveringLive?src=hash" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-111261-https://twitter.com/hashtag/MPSHaveringLive?src=hash" data-vars-event-id="c23">#MPSHaveringLive</a>— Havering MPS (@MPSHavering) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/MPSHavering/status/558210913338404864" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-111261-https://twitter.com/MPSHavering/status/558210913338404864" data-vars-event-id="c23">January 22, 2015</a>
Havering MPS will be tweeting summaries of 999 and 101 calls until 9pm today as part of a community engagement project.
