Police plead with Pokemon Go players to stop calling 911 - CNET

Doonan took to Twitter to declare: "Attention Pokemon Go players...you may NOT access our jail. Please do not call and inquire."

"The tweet was to try and cut it off before it got legs," he told me.

Covina's problem, though, has echoes for police in Darwin, Australia. The police there posted to Facebook to explain that, yes, their station was, indeed, a Pokestop.

"Please be advised," said the post, "that you don't actually have to step inside in order to gain the pokeballs."

Of course, it isn't just police stations.

You'd think it wouldn't need to be said, but the Los Angeles County Fire Department also took to Twitter to explain: "*ATTENTION* Please do not dial 911 or impact fire stations regarding POKEMON GO. 911 is for EMERGENCIES ONLY."

Note the capital letters, PokemonGolians. That means it's important, obvious and really, really getting on people's nerves.

Pokemon Go is, though, causing all kinds of other 911 issues.

Police in Massachusetts are being inundated with calls reporting suspicious activity. This tued about to be strange gamers, not used to the outside world, wandering in search of gyms and who knows what else?