No, don’t call the police when Snapchat isn’t working

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Martin SFP Bryant is the founder of UK startup newsletter PreSeed Now and technology and media consultancy Big Revolution. He was previously (show all) Martin SFP Bryant is the founder of UK startup newsletter PreSeed Now and technology and media consultancy Big Revolution. He was previously Editor-in-Chief at TNW.

West Midlands Police in the UK occasionally posts inappropriate emergency calls on its SoundCloud account, and the latest is a doozy.

I mean, I like Snapchat as much as the next person but I wouldn’t say the app being down is a top-proirity matter for the police. Best stick to complaining about it on Twitter and Facebook instead.

Funnily enough, West Midlands Police does actually use Snapchat to fight crime, too.

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