Police department urges residents who have run out of toilet paper to stop calling 911

“Do not call 9-1-1 just because you ran out of toilet paper. You will survive without our assistance," said Newport, Oregon police early Sunday.

An Oregon police department is dealing with an odd emergency of its own during the coronavirus outbreak: Too many people calling 911 because they’ve run out of toilet paper.

“It’s hard to believe that we even have to post this,” the department wrote on its Facebook page early Sunday morning. “Do not call 9-1-1 just because you ran out of toilet paper. You will survive without our assistance.” The police department listed some toilet paper alternatives out of history, citing the fact that both Mayans and colonial-era Americans used corn cobs.

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