Another case has come to light of a snotty Detroit 911 call. During this dispatcher's scolding of a woman shot in the head and back, she asks the woman if she's a mental patient; tells her if she'd really been shot in the temple she'd be dead; then asks to speak to someone else, in this case, the person who'd shot her. The woman only got help after she called her son in Minnesota, who then called police in Detroit.
The audio is here.
I screwed up once dialing India and had the cavalry arrive, much to my embarrassment. So despite these horror stories, I feel pretty good about our own local service.
Posted by floridacracker at April 10, 2006 05:42 PMyeah, but if the cat dialed 911 (like the story a few weeks ago) the operator would have responded
properly...I think some of these people need a cat.
LOL. Yeah, my misdial got a great response too.
There are a lot of ridiculous lawsuits out there, but these aren't one of them. Hard to believe these dispatchers would cop such attitudes instead of just sending out the ambulance.
Posted by: Donnah at April 11, 2006 11:49 AMI was recently 'behind the scenes' at our local 911 office (we were tying all the regional EMS stations
in to the main call-in creating a backup) bout
six months ago...it was a zoo, picture lots of filing and polishing, gum smacking...etc.
I've been to ours too. It was...mellow.
Posted by: Donnah at April 11, 2006 08:44 PM