As a former 911 dispatcher, I can honestly tell you that calls like this are a DAILY occurrence. People are constantly reporting not only legal things, but things that also go against their morals. There have literally been calls on Bainbridge Island for a "suspicious black man" When you ask what is suspicious you get "Well, this is Bainbridge, he is black...you figure it out."
What sucks about it is that as a 911 center you end up encouraging people to call in stuff like that by telling them "You did the right thing by calling" or "Don't deal with it yourself, just call 911" which is making people far less self sufficient, and making them rely on government, to include the police that are willing to do more for people to help them out of jams. I think about 5 times a day you get a call for "I locked my keys in the car!" When you tell them that police don't respond to that, they get angry swear, tell you they pay taxes and hang up. Unfortunately this is becoming both a nanny AND ninny state, and no one is helping the situation.
