Posts Tagged ‘9-1-1 misuse’

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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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    Woman Arrested for Calling 911 over 700 times
    A Virginia woman is facing criminal charges for repeatedly calling 911 operators. According to WVIR-TV, records from the past two and a half years show she called the Emergency Communications Center 755 times, and intervened with the work of emergency personnel. “Police officers know her by sight,” said Albemarle County Police Lieutenant Todd Hopwood. She...
    by Greg at June 18th, 2009 at 08:06 am
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    Frequent 911 callers may get counseling
    More changes could come to Cincinnati’s busy ambulance system – including hiring nurses to triage calls, sending outreach workers to counsel frequent 911 callers about other ways to get medical help. A Cincinnati City Councilman says the changes could increase quality of care from the emergency medical technicians and paramedics, who would be less busy and...
    by Greg at June 8th, 2009 at 09:06 am
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    Are 911 calls becoming more absurd?
    Dispatchers who handle 911 calls are trained to handle a lot of situations, but some of the calls they get are anything but emergencies. Life-and-death calls, sure, but the woman who calls to report her missing McNuggets? Not so much. ABC News takes a look at some recent notorius non-emergency calls.
    by Greg at June 2nd, 2009 at 08:06 am
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