Kyle Douglas Beckwith slammed for making three vexatious Triple-0 calls in a row

A man who wants to work in childhood education has been scolded by a magistrate for being a child after a series of drunken Triple 0 calls.

A man on a night out in Yeppoon called Triple-0 three times in a row to complain he was ‘made to feel like a piece of sh--’ by police in the seaside town.

Kyle Douglas Beckwith, 29, pleaded guilty in Yeppoon Magistrates Court on August 26 to making the three vexatious calls to Triple-0

The court heard that about 12.15am on June 12, police took up with several men, one being Beckwith, on Yeppoon’s James Street.

While police were talking to Beckwith, he became aggressive towards officers who did not engage with him and told him to leave the area.

At 12.44am, Beckwith used a mobile phone to call Triple-0 and told the person on the line that he wanted to speak with a police officer about an interaction that had happened earlier.

The phone call lasted just shy of four minutes.

During the call, Beckwith said: “I don’t need police, I would just like to come in and make a complaint, please.

“I’ve been sitting out the front of the Yeppoon Police Station for an hour now because I want to be seen by someone.

“I would like to make a complaint about one of your police officers who just made me feel like a piece of sh--.”

The operator asked Beckwith if he had consumed alcohol, which he confirmed, and Beckwith became belligerent with the operator and swore.

Beckwith also called the operator “a d---”.

At 12.50am, Beckwith called Triple-0 again.

This time the call went for more than four minutes.

Beckwith told the operator he had been told (by police) to leave a part of town for no reason and he wanted “to talk to someone in charge”.

“I don’t think you understand how the law works, but my name is Good Citizen and I’m sitting outside the Yeppoon Police Station and I want to speak to someone please,” Beckwith told the operator.

Beckwith proceeded to raise his voice at the operator and he was warned that he could be charged for misusing Triple-0 if he continued to call.

“That’s actually legally incorrect - I’m more than happy to take you to court for that,” Beckwith told the operator.

The third and final call to Triple-0 happened just before 1am.

At 1.05am, police attended the Yeppoon Police Station and tried to talk to Beckwith.

He was uncooperative with police and was arrested.

Beckwith’s solicitor Cam Schroder said on the night, Beckwith had been drinking at the Capricorn Tavern and The Railway Hotel, and he was on his way to The Strand Hotel when he came to the attention of police.

“By his own admission, he was blind, rotten drunk,” Mr Schroder said.

“He made the extremely stupid decision to phone the Triple-0 number three times.

“There was no emergency at all.”

Magistrate Cameron Press slammed Beckwith for his actions.

“This is not the first time you’ve come before the court with a clearly belligerent attitude that is fuelled by alcohol,” Mr Press said.

“This is the fourth time you’ve come before the court in respect of offending.

“The last occasion, as I’ve mentioned, there were four offences involved and they all related to licensed premises.

“And here again, Sir, we have alcohol playing a part in your behaviour here, which can only be referred to as completely belligerent and self-important.

“When you’re making your stupid calls on Triple-0, someone might have been trying to call Triple-0 who was truly in a life-threatening situation.

“Your actions here were completely and utterly unacceptable and puerile.

“You’re wanting to be involved in childhood education - well the first thing you must do is stop being a child yourself.”

Mr Press placed Beckwith on a two-year good behaviour order with a $1000 recognisance.

Beckwith is also subject to 12 months’ probation with conditions.

Mr Press did not record a conviction and told Beckwith he should consider himself very fortunate.

“Because I can assure you, if you come back before the court with drunken behaviour or any behaviour whatsoever in the future, or offending, it is most likely that you will have criminal convictions recorded against you.”