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This topic came up in the topic CaCop put up as Goodbye and I put this scenario forth.
I have some good 911 calls and some bad ones as clips at the end. Then 2 videos that are just good videos. You are the dispatcher, you make the call.
9-11 Operator:9-11 is this an emergency?
Citizen:Oh my god, there is a man with a gun at the local gas station.
9-11 Operator:What is the man doing?
Citizen:I don't know, guns scare me. Just send the cops to protect me.
9-11 Operator:Unit 1 man with a gun at Gas Station.
Officer: Am I responding to a robbery or what?
So then I get this...
Venator wrote:
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/328083/911_call/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VSIEA0rhv0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQBcC2B8ZKo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxLlwsC5hWs
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoID=1589465232
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jd3vWsa4ags
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGnAm52--LY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuHgql_PADM
Arm yourselves but let the police do their job. Give them a break and hope they respond to help your 12 year old daughter from the deranged rapist with a gun in front of that gas station.
This topic came up in the topic CaCop put up as Goodbye and I put this scenario forth.
I have some good 911 calls and some bad ones as clips at the end. Then 2 videos that are just good videos. You are the dispatcher, you make the call.
9-11 Operator:9-11 is this an emergency?
Citizen:Oh my god, there is a man with a gun at the local gas station.
9-11 Operator:What is the man doing?
Citizen:I don't know, guns scare me. Just send the cops to protect me.
9-11 Operator:Unit 1 man with a gun at Gas Station.
Officer: Am I responding to a robbery or what?
So then I get this...
Venator wrote:
It helps if you pause a few of the videos within the first few seconds and make your decision as most of the calls go on for several minutes._Patriot wrote:I agree but where do we really draw the line? Would you put your life in the hands of a dispatcher or your family's life? I would love for every law abiding citizen to be armed and be able to protect themself but let's say your 12 year old daughter is at the gas station from the first part of this post; should the cops respond to check out the guy with the gun and make sure your daughter is safe since you aren't there?Picture this.
9-11 Operator:9-11 is this an emergency?
Citizen:Oh my god, there is a BLACK man with adog at the local gas station.
9-11 Operator:What is the man doing?
Citizen:I don't know,Black men with dogs scare me. Just send the cops to protect me.
9-11 Operator:Unit 1 Black man with adog at Gas Station.
Officer: Am I responding to a dog show or what.
Someone calls 9-11, the cops have to respond. No they don't, would they have responded to the changed scenario I posted above? Can you imagine what would happen if we left the decision to respond in the hands of a short telephone call with a dispatcher who knows very very little about the law? Cops don't respond to every call that come is.
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/328083/911_call/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VSIEA0rhv0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQBcC2B8ZKo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxLlwsC5hWs
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoID=1589465232
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jd3vWsa4ags
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGnAm52--LY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuHgql_PADM
Arm yourselves but let the police do their job. Give them a break and hope they respond to help your 12 year old daughter from the deranged rapist with a gun in front of that gas station.