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  • Florida House committee passes 911 privacy bill
    A Florida House panel has approved a bill aimed at barring the public from hearing 911 calls unless a judge rules in favor to make an exception.
    by Greg at March 11th, 2010 at 02:03 pm
  • 911 calls reveal new details in attempted abduction
    Tucson, Arizona police turned the city upside down looking for a kidnapped 5th grader thanks to witnesses who called 9-1-1 to report the abduction.
    by Greg at March 9th, 2010 at 04:03 pm
  • Suspected kidnappers call 911: ‘Is this legal?’
    Two Florida men who snatched an 8-year-old boy from his father – then called 911 to find out if it was illegal – took the boy at the request of his mother in Seattle, Orlando police said.
    by Greg at March 8th, 2010 at 09:03 am
  • PowerPhone Brings Domestic Violence Training to Mass.
    PowerPhone Instructor George Kurzenknabe taught dispatchers from across Massachusetts  how to “think on their feet” when it comes to handling domestic violence calls at a recent training program.
    by Greg at March 8th, 2010 at 09:03 am
  • Murdered Teacher’s 911 Call
    Investigators have released tapes of frantic 911 calls made before and after a special education teacher from Tacoma, Washington was shot outside an elementary school last week.
    by Greg at March 5th, 2010 at 09:03 am
  • Should 9-1-1 Calls Be Released?
    Several states are now debating whether 9-1-1 calls should be treated as public records that can be released to the media.
    by Greg at March 3rd, 2010 at 11:03 am
  • Stabbed priest called 911 before dying
    A New Jersey priest who died in his rectory from 32 stab wounds called the police emergency telephone number asking for help, a 911 recording suggested.
    by Greg at November 6th, 2009 at 09:11 am