# Calling the police for non-police matters?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-the-police-for-non-police-matters/967892>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 13, 2022, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-the-police-for-non-police-matters/967892 "2022-07-13T17:44:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![doreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/858c86/32.png) [@doreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doreen)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2022, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-the-police-for-non-police-matters/967892/101 "2022-07-20T20:48:49Z")

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Same here - but the result, that I can’t get in or out of my driveway is the same.I can’t get the car blocking my driveway towed until the police come and ticket it, but for that I call 311. I’m not sure why I’m calling 911 for the car parked on my actual property- they aren’t going to issue a parking ticket, I can have it towed without police involvement and they aren’t going to arrest the owner whenever they retrieve the car.

Just doesn’t make sense that I call 311 for the situation that requires police involvement and 911 for the situation that doesn’t.

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