911 Operator Falls Asleep during call
Can you imagine? What if that was you, calling in saying someone is trying to break into my house and you hear a pause and then snoring? What if someone was having a heart attack? Stabbing? Shooting? Can you imagine?
I found this site: (click here) that has the text of the conversation and I also watched the video on CNN.
This is just nuts..
I’m glad I don’t live in Memphis.
Oh yeah, at this time the dispatcher received 7 days leave and they didn’t even look into it until a local TV Station started to investigate the story.. What kind of crap is that?
Tags: 911, asleep, dispatcher, falls asleep, Memphis, Robbery
Kat — May 1, 2008 @ 11:36 am
OMG. I would be pissed!
peak9 — May 2, 2008 @ 8:33 am
I smell a lawsuit.
Jenn — May 2, 2008 @ 8:00 pm
That’s just horrible! There’d definitely be a lawsuit if that was me.
Marengo Dispatch — May 5, 2008 @ 1:59 pm
This is the web address to CNN’s video of the 911 call where there is NO DOUBT that the dispatcher was indeed snoring. This is unacceptable & I pray he never gets another job as a public safety telecommunicator!
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/bestoftv/2008/05/01/911.dispatcher.sleeps.cnn
Marengo Dispatch — May 5, 2008 @ 2:01 pm
There is NO DOUBT that the dispatcher was indeed snoring. This is unacceptable & I pray he never gets another job as a public safety telecommunicator!
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