Is there a law against abuse of the 911 system for nonemergency ambulance calls?
Ken Little  StarNews contributor  There are laws that apply specifically to calling 911 when there is no emergency, said Ben David, district attorney of New Hanover and Pender counties. David cited a state law he deemed most relevant to the readers question: 14-286.1, Making a False Ambulance Request. According to that law, It shall be unlawful for any person to willfully summon an ambulance or willfully report that an ambulance is needed when such person does not have good cause to believe that the services of an ambulance are needed.  Anyone convicted of willfully violating the law is guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor. In addition to 14-286.1 regarding making a false ambulance request. 14-111.4 states: Misuse of 911 system. It is unlawful for an individual who is not seeking public safety assistance, is not providing 911 service, or is not responding to a 911 call to access or attempt to access the 911 system for a purpose other than an emergency communication. A person who knowingly violates this section commits a Class 1 misdemeanor. (2007-383, s. 1(b); 2013-286, s. 1).