911 Calls

LISTEN: 911 Dispatcher Snores During Emergency Call

The Huffington Post | Hilary Hanson | Posted 05.23.2012

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Falling asleep on the job is always a bad idea, but it's a whole lot worse when you're a 911 dispatcher. A Maryland woman noticed her husband was h...

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When You Want To Talk Dirty, 911 Operators Won't Help

The Huffington Post | Andy Campbell | Posted 05.09.2012

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He apparently needed assistance -- just not the kind 911 provides. Police say that Clyde Hobbs, 72, called emergency operators in Oklahoma at least...

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REPORT: City's 911 System Fraught With Delays And Errors

AP | SAMANTHA GROSS | Posted 05.04.2012

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NEW YORK — The city's overhauled 911 system is beset by delays and errors that could leave callers without help for crucial seconds in an emerge...

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4/20's Dopiest Crime: Stoners Call 911 To Report Their Pot Stolen

The Huffington Post | Andy Campbell | Posted 04.20.2012

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Smoke 'em if ya got 'em! If you don't got 'em, don't dial 911 to report your purloined pot, unless you want the police to bust your dopey butt. The...

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911 Dispatcher Reprimanded In Josh Powell Home Explosion

HuffingtonPost.com | David Lohr | Posted 04.19.2012

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A Washington state 911 dispatcher has received a written reprimand from his supervisor after handling the emergency call that Josh Powell had killed h...

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Was Kinkade Drinking Heavily Before His Death?

The Huffington Post | Kathleen Massara | Posted 04.13.2012

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Last Friday when Thomas Kinkade's girlfriend, Amy Pinto, made the 911 call, it seems that he was in a very different situation than the one she initia...

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Tale of the Trayvon Martin Case 911 Calls

Michael Smerconish | Posted 05.25.2012

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On at least one of the 911 calls logged by neighbors, a man is heard crying in distress just before the fatal gunshot is audible. Who was it, Zimmerman or Martin?

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Thief Accidentally Dials 911 During Crime

AP | Posted 05.25.2012

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SOUTHINGTON, Conn. -- Authorities say a Connecticut man accidentally dialed 911 from his cellphone while stealing about 700 pounds of scrap metals. P...

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HEARTBREAKING 911 CALL: Man Shoots His Wife In The Head Because She 'Suffered Too Much'

The Huffington Post | Andy Campbell | Posted 03.22.2012

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A Florida man shot and killed his wife while she was sleeping on Tuesday because he didn't want her to feel anymore pain. Randall Willis, 61, was a...

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911 Caller Wants Taxi, Help Finding Football

Posted 02.23.2012

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Hello 911, this is an emergency -- I need a taxi cab and can't find my football. That was the message -- spread over nine calls to the emergency sy...

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'My Mom's Dying': 6-Year-Old Saves His Mom By Calling 911

Posted 02.15.2012

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Early on Jan. 19, Frankie Ford Jr. noticed something was wrong with his mom, Debbie. The mother of three was suffering a severe asthma attack in t...

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"Equal Justice Under Law" Should Be More Than Just Words

Stephen Wyse | Posted 04.03.2012

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Tammy Sutherland believed that a state law that declared 911 calls confidential if they didn't result in criminal charges meant what it said. So she b...

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Man Calls 911 For Strange Request

Posted 01.24.2012

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Police in Willowbrook, Illinois, were surprised last week when they received a 4 a.m. emergency call from a man who "wanted to see an officer because ...

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Texts Shine Light On Deadly Christmas Shooting

AP | JAMIE STENGLE | Posted 02.28.2012

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DALLAS — One of the victims of a Christmas Day shooting in Texas that left seven dead sent text messages before her uncle opened fire on the gat...

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Alleged Thieves Arrested After Pocket-dialing 911 (VIDEO)

AP | Posted 12.16.2011

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MADISON, Wis. -- Police in Wisconsin's capital city barely had to try to catch a pair of unlucky suspected thieves. Madison police say two men in the...

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Suspected Car Thief Calls 911 During Police Chase

AP | Posted 11.22.2011

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LOS ANGELES -- A wounded car-theft suspect fleeing police at speeds up to 100 mph surrendered Monday after calling authorities – to help him. T...

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LISTEN: Shooter Tells 911 Dispatcher: I'm Ready To Die

AP/Huffington Post | Posted 12.18.2011

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NEWARK, N.J. -- A New Jersey man shot dead by police matter-of-factly told a 911 dispatcher that he killed someone and was ready to shoot any police o...

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'Don't Shoot Me, You B****': Montana Shooting Captured On 911 Call

AP | By MATT VOLZ | Posted 12.14.2011

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HELENA, Mont. -- A 911 call captured two women's voices saying, "Don't do it," and, "You took my husband," before gunshots rang out in a shooting that...

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Chicago's Top Cop: CPD Gets 'Too Many' 911 Calls, System 'Broken'

Posted 10.30.2011

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Chicago Police Department Superintendent Garry McCarthy admitted that his police force can, at times, be slow to respond to reports of shootings at a ...

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More Than A Thousand 911 Calls Went Unanswered In Storm

NBC Chicago | Posted 10.06.2011

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More than 1,000 calls to 911 went unanswered at the Northwest Central Dispatch System during a record suburban storm, according to reports. The los...

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Alaska Teen's Ice Floe Voyage Ends in Arrest

AP | By DAN JOLING | Posted 11.15.2011

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ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- A teenager who took a trip down a river on an ice floe said Sunday that he's more bothered by the trip he took to jail afterward....

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Judge Keeps 911 Calls Secret In Student Shooting

AP | JIM FITZGERALD | Posted 05.25.2011

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WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — A judge has refused to release 911 calls and other evidence to the parents of a college football player who was shot and ki...

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Buffalo Grove Child Doesn't Like Dinner, Calls 911

Chicago Sun-Times | Pregnancy weekly.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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A 10-year-old northwest suburban boy didn't like the dinner his father cooked for him, so he called police. About 7 p.m. last Thursday, Buffalo Grove...

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Cicero Fire: 911 Calls Raise Even More Questions (AUDIO)

NBC Chicago | Posted 05.25.2011

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Among the calls and transmissions recorded early Sunday morning by Cicero's 911 emergency center is a chilling realization: "Twelve, I got some peopl...

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Amy Fox Reports Fake, Armed Post Office Robbery To 911 To Cover Up Her Own Crime (AUDIO, VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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Amy Fox, a Michigan woman, called 911 to report an armed Post Office robbery by a "black or Mexican" man. Police began a manhunt looking for the susp...

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