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IronLionZion

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9. Well, now there's a new job opening for a better person

Reply to dalton99a (Original post)

Sat Jun 4, 2022, 12:42 PM

Jun 2022

who is willing to do the job correctly.

And it's not just mass shootings. Even armed robberies or domestic violence situations would have a caller whispering. A 911 operator is trained to figure out something is bad enough to send police to check it out.

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911 call taker fired after hearing determines she mishandled call during Buffalo shooting [View all] dalton99a Jun 2022 OP

Nice. US gets worse every day. LakeArenal Jun 2022 #1

Although her being fired indicates movement in the better direction. n/t intheflow Jun 2022 #8

Omg, what a horror!!!!! secondwind Jun 2022 #2

Glad to hear she was fired. BlackSkimmer Jun 2022 #3

good no room llashram Jun 2022 #4

Unless it's some karen in a parking lot complaining that some non-white person took the spot they AZLD4Candidate Jun 2022 #10

All these one-off problems with police departments...if only there was a common root cause NullTuples Jun 2022 #5

Omg, that poor caller! Damn. Good for firing that 911 worker electric_blue68 Jun 2022 #6

Firing isn't enough. housecat Jun 2022 #7

Well, now there's a new job opening for a better person IronLionZion Jun 2022 #9

My first thought when I originally heard the story was that the 911 operator was in training..... usaf-vet Jun 2022 #11