Dial 911 and Die (Another failed call)

[Mahnarch]

I've said it before.....and I'm saying it again....

When it comes down to it, it is up to every person to defend themselves - and having a gun handy makes the best sense in leveling the playing field.

If some people could be unindoctrinated into thinking that guns were bad, CCWs would be a good revenue source for the government.


Most people believe that; if they are ever in danger, all they have to do is call 911 - right?

Wrong.

What if your phone is dead?
What if the nearest cop is 20 miles away?
What if you get a 911 operator who doesn't care?

911 Operator doesn't give a S---


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But, I bet if she had called and said, "I just shot my ex." the cops would be there in 5 seconds.

[Blastgirl]

That's a terrible story. I do think that is unusual but I fear with wonder that it doesn't happen more often.

[Mahnarch]

See, another things is:

The only reason this story got printed was because the intended victim lived to complain about it.

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Think about this:

A woman calls 911.
The operator doesn't care.

She gets murdered.

No complaint.
No investigation.
911 operator walks free.

How many of those are out there, now?

[Phil]

That's a legitimate fear. Dead people can't complain. I do still believe the 911 service provides some good. More good than bad. I don't know what the solution is for better operators other than have a test committee arbitrarily make case calls and see what response there is or if the call is ignored. The danger in that is creating the Sheppard boy situation. That could also take emergency people away from a real case. So there are flaws in doing it that way but you probably would find out who is doing their job and possibly prevent the disastrous possibility.

[Mahnarch]

HA!

My local radio DJ just got a 'Mistaken Fire' call to his house.

He spent a good portion of his day collecting small twigs around his yard and decided to burn them in his portable fireplace in the back yard.

As the fire was dying down he heard sirens coming from all directions and went up front to find 6-7 fire trucks pulling up to his house.

One of his nosey neighbors decided to call the fire department instead of going over and asking him to put it out [everyone in the neighborhood knows that Scott has, and uses, that portable fireplace].

Waste of taxpayer money and a potential cause of a bigger disaster.

Scott is now on a fact finding mission to figure out which of his neighbors called.