Silent 999 calls - Press 55 if you can't speak in a genuine emergency

Dear Resident, 

Did you know if you call 999 from a mobile phone and can't speak, you can press 55 to let us know it's a genuine emergency? 

That's exactly what happened when a lady called us from a property in Huntingdon reporting her former partner was outside her house demanding to be let in. 

She pressed the keypad twice and officers were dispatched after knocking could be heard. The man ran away when the officers arrived and the officers then completed a Domestic Abuse Risk Assessment for the victim. 

For more advice on domestic abuse, including how to report it, please visit the dedicated pages on the force website: https://www.cambs.police.uk/advice/advice-and-information/daa/domestic-abuse/  

More on silent 999 calls can also be found on the force website: https://www.cambs.police.uk/contact/how-to-make-a-silent-999-call/ 

Kind regards,