Posts Tagged ‘9-1-1 abuse’

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    911 abuse: Calling with the sniffles
    Experts say 9-1-1 abuse may be costing America billions of dollars every year, paid ultimately through higher taxes and medical fees.  And yet in the current debate on health care, this costly problem has gone unnoticed.
    by Greg at August 25th, 2009 at 03:08 pm
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    911 faker gets 20 years for robbery
    Darrin Bonner Jr., who helped concoct the fake 911 robbery call that led to the death of a Buffalo police officer, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for his arrest in the same store moments after a knifepoint street crime six years later.
    by Greg at July 21st, 2009 at 10:07 am
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    Police chief wants fines for 911 hangups
    If you call 911 in Vallejo, California and hang up before police find out what’s wrong, you may pay as price for wasting their time.
    by Greg at July 13th, 2009 at 08:07 am
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    Sales calls annoy 911 dispatchers
    Even emergency dispatchers are not immune from telemarketers’ calls. Amid a flurry of calls to the Warren County (Ohio) 911 center about a man committing suicide June 24 in front of a tanker truck on Interstate 71, one call stood out.
    by Greg at July 6th, 2009 at 03:07 pm
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    Man Calls 911 to Meet Lil Wayne
    A Florida man was arrested for calling 911 requesting that he be taken to meet rapper Lil Wayne.
    by Greg at July 1st, 2009 at 08:07 am
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    Man upset by McDonald’s order calls 911
    An Oregon man upset at the way McDonald’s employees handled his order was charged after allegedly calling 911 repeatedly to report the restaurant had robbed him, authorities said.
    by Greg at June 29th, 2009 at 08:06 am
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    Man calls 911 to report hair in his food
    A word to the wise: if you have hair in your food, don’t call 911. Dispatchers say a Wisconsin man did just that after he and his found a bunch of hair in their carry-out meal.  Read the full story here.
    by Greg at June 23rd, 2009 at 08:06 am
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