http://9-1-1.com/wordpress/2010/03/03/should-9-1-1-calls-be-released/ Your source for the latest in Emergency Communications Wed, 18 Jan 2012 20:56:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://9-1-1.com/wordpress/2010/03/03/should-9-1-1-calls-be-released/comment-page-1/#comment-92 Jerry Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:55:52 +0000 http://9-1-1.com/wordpress/?p=1999#comment-92 Why is this even being debated? There can't be any reasonable argument to justify the routine release of 9-1-1 call recordings into the public domain. A caller to public safety should be entitled to privacy and calls should only be released under direction of a judicial process. Release to the media of calls such as the Tiger Woods case serve no purpose other than to fuel sensationalism and gossip. I wonder if the person who sanctioned the release of the North Carolina call considered the impact it could have on friends / relatives of the victim? Why is this even being debated? There can’t be any reasonable argument to justify the routine release of 9-1-1 call recordings into the public domain. A caller to public safety should be entitled to privacy and calls should only be released under direction of a judicial process. Release to the media of calls such as the Tiger Woods case serve no purpose other than to fuel sensationalism and gossip. I wonder if the person who sanctioned the release of the North Carolina call considered the impact it could have on friends / relatives of the victim?

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