Posts Tagged ‘9-1-1 calls’

  • Ambulance service under fire over woman’s death
    A UK ambulance service recently recieved adverse publicity following the death of a woman who fell 12 feet after their computerized call priority system failed to prioritize the call correctly. The prioritization system, which originates here in the U.S.A. was, it is claimed, not able to identify the woman’s situation as life-threatening. An investigation by a Sunday...
    by at March 25th, 2010 at 09:03 am
  • Colorado State Patrol Investigates Delayed Response
    PowerPhone, Inc., a leader in emergency call handling solutions, believes that 911 Dispatchers Save Seconds … Seconds Save Lives!  PowerPhone is the driving force behind One Number…One Protocol™, the initiative to bring greater consistency and simplicity to public safety call-handling, particularly in situations such as motor vehicle accidents. Three Colorado...
    by at December 22nd, 2009 at 12:12 pm
  • Prosecutors play Denise Lee’s 911 call
    When she first dialed 911, Denise Lee was screaming and crying hysterically, at times her voice reaching such a high pitch that the words are inaudible.
    by at August 25th, 2009 at 03:08 pm
  • Dispatch tapes released in deadly crash
    Police in Dinuba, California have released dispatch tapes from an accident that claimed the lives of eight people.
    by at August 13th, 2009 at 10:08 am
  • Denise Lee’s 911 call will be admitted in trial
    A judge’s ruling on key pieces of evidence, including controversial 911 calls, sets the stage for the upcoming murder trial of Michael King.
    by at August 11th, 2009 at 08:08 am
  • 9-1-1 call released after open mine shaft rescue
    Police have released a 9-1-1 call made after an off-road vehicle overturned in an abandoned mine shaft in Arizona and trapped a man inside for nearly 2 hours.
    by at August 4th, 2009 at 10:08 pm
  • Man calls 911, confesses murder
    A Raleigh, North Carolina man dialed 911 Sunday afternoon and calmly told a dispatcher to send an ambulance because he had just shot somebody in his house who would not get out, according to a 911 recording made public.
    by at July 29th, 2009 at 08:07 am