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Topic started on 11-3-2010 @ 06:28 AM by kdial1

This is so sad......

This woman should be fired and this child should be get severence for life from the city.

Audio 911 call

-Kdial1

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reply posted on 11-3-2010 @ 06:42 AM by rjmelter

That was so messed up.

Dispatchers are supposed to be trained and take control of the situation so they can get their questions met in an appropriate and timely manner, she failed to do so and probably made this girls torment worse. If she would have shut up maybe the girl would have talked.

I dont think she should get severance for the rest of her life...

BUT I do believe the woman needs to be fired and possibly sued for interferring with justice and medical help.

reply posted on 11-3-2010 @ 06:52 AM by truthseeker1984

DESPICABLE.

If my day didn't already start off to a sucky start, now I have to hear an 8 year old pleading with an INEPT 911 operator that HANGS UP ON HER.

WTF is going on in this world? Even if she was on a cellphone, all new cell phones come equipped with the GPS system in it just for these types of emergencies. This operator should be fired, and then get a civil lawsuit placed on her ass. I am so sick of these stupid untrained people getting hired for these positions.

I wish we could go back to the old days of making a public spectacle of stupid people and be able to throw rotten fruit at them, because that's EXACTLY what needs to happen with this woman.

Okay, I'm done....before I throw my coffee cup through my computer screen.

/rant

-truthseeker

reply posted on 11-3-2010 @ 06:52 AM by mamabeth

reply to post by kdial1

A great example of why children should be taught to know
their address.Very heartbreaking listening to that child trying
to explain what happened to her parent's.

reply posted on 11-3-2010 @ 06:54 AM by truthseeker1984

Originally posted by mamabeth
reply to post by kdial1

A great example of why children should be taught to know
their address.Very heartbreaking listening to that child trying
to explain what happened to her parent's.

She might have not known where she was at. It could have been a case of being somewhere else when this crime was committed. I still think this woman should be fired.

reply posted on 11-3-2010 @ 06:59 AM by rjmelter

reply to post by truthseeker1984

Unfortunately not all Dispatch locations have the tracking devices as... they are too expensive... and not effective for some locations

The U.S. needs to TAKE CARE OF ITS OWN BUSINESS, quit spending American Tax Dollars overseas... the other countries now need to foot the bill. We need to rebuild our country and make it better... so that little 8 year olds can get help when both of their parents are shot and dead. It may be true that she was just BS'n the Dispatcher... but Regardless she should not have hung up.

All of this stems from American Lazyness. Next time you feel like skipping a step in something tedious.. think of this call

reply posted on 11-3-2010 @ 07:03 AM by truthseeker1984

Originally posted by rjmelter
reply to post by truthseeker1984

Unfortunately not all Dispatch locations have the tracking devices as... they are too expensive... and not effective for some locations

The U.S. needs to TAKE CARE OF ITS OWN BUSINESS, quit spending American Tax Dollars overseas... the other countries now need to foot the bill. We need to rebuild our country and make it better... so that little 8 year olds can get help when both of their parents are shot and dead. It may be true that she was just BS'n the Dispatcher... but Regardless she should not have hung up.

All of this stems from American Lazyness. Next time you feel like skipping a step in something tedious.. think of this call

I absolutely agree with you. I was putting on my "rant-face" this morning, because I must have woken up on the wrong side of the bed. And you're also correct about not all dispatch centers having the tracking devices.

*sigh*

It's just another unfortunate case of people not caring more, and not wanting to do "the tedious tasks."

Thanks for responding...you've put my feet back on the ground.

-truthseeker

reply posted on 11-3-2010 @ 07:03 AM by smyleegrl

All of this stems from American Lazyness. Next time you feel like skipping a step in something tedious.. think of this call

reply to post by rjmelter

Can you please explain how this relates to American laziness? I don't see the correlation, myself.

reply posted on 11-3-2010 @ 07:17 AM by hillbilly4rent

Well who hung up on who? Is this the only report on this or is there more? (Im looking)

The reason I ask is it just dose not sit right. If true then the operator gets what she deserves.

reply posted on 11-3-2010 @ 07:39 AM by FermiFlux

I am both amazed and saddend at how this happened. Now I will assume the operator put the phone down in the thought that this was a prank of some sort. What kind of operator cannot discern between a distrought and frantic 8 year old doing a fantastic job and some kid who is messing around on a boring afternoon?

The only other option is that this operator knew exactly what was going on and did not want to be dragged into doing something/not bothered. If that is the case, and most likely, then I would give the

to any suggestion of this individual ending up behind bars.

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reply posted on 11-3-2010 @ 08:21 AM by UnknownAgenda26

Stupidity is a bliss , if this was an actual murder i am very proud for that girl being able to endure the pain and actual being able to speak without a knot in her throat , i hope her mother is ok and she becomes a productive being.

reply posted on 11-3-2010 @ 08:22 AM by hotbakedtater

I had to press stop I just could not listen to it.

I cannot find reference to this story iny where else, so I can pull more of the story or transcript.

How sad, I had to quit listening when the child said the mother was almost dead, and she kept saying MOMMY MOMMY.

Horrible.

Please post updates when they become available.

reply posted on 11-3-2010 @ 09:52 AM by kdial1

reply to post by hotbakedtater

Here is a quick news article I found on it from Detroit.

Article

Article 2

BTW I don't think she should get severence from the city.... I was sipping on my coffee too when I read this and I woke up on the wrong side of the bed and this dispather made me mad.

Sounds like this dispatcher needs some training. I would think that dispatchers are suppose to stay on the phone, especially with a child until police arrive.
-Kdial1

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reply posted on 11-3-2010 @ 11:04 AM by rjmelter

Originally posted by smyleegrl

All of this stems from American Lazyness. Next time you feel like skipping a step in something tedious.. think of this call

reply to post by rjmelter

Can you please explain how this relates to American laziness? I don't see the correlation, myself.

It relates to American lazyness because the dispatcher felt that this was a prank call. Some people in AMERICA are doing jobs that they shouldn't be doing because of benefits or the pay. We all have a purpose on this planet and when it is being filled by other people who refuse to do the job in the manner expected of them... #### happens. Such as little girls not being believed.

ALSO the price of such LOCATOR devices would be cheaper if Americans would actually work hard, you know having work ETHICS, instead of... Ill work harder for a raise... then 3 months later... ill work harder for a raise. It makes the price of items go up, thus is why most electronic jobs are sent to china and indian and japan. Granted the resources are cheaper in their locations... but corporations wouldn't be reluctant to give Americans jobs IF they would actually work... and not feel like the company OWED them anything.

Edit to remove & add

Maybe American lazyness isnt to blame, more so its untrained professional to blame. However...

There is a girl in my class (Criminal Justice Major), she works at Wal-Mart in the clothes section. She said she sees people stealing clothes all the time but doesnt really report it because "Its not my job, and I dont get paid enough"... Well heck, in this economy I know plenty of people willing to do your job and make sure the items dont get stolen. Its that mentality that I see over and over again that is stinking up America (and shes going to be a future cop!)...

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reply posted on 11-3-2010 @ 11:09 AM by Cole DeSteele

Just a quick search, but there seems to be a history of shoddy performance by 911 dispatchers in Detroit - also another follow-up on this story at bottom.

boingboing.net...
www.msnbc.msn.com...

follow-up to second link:
www.usatoday.com...

follow up to OP:
www.freep.com...

What are the qualifications for this job? How can someone with such a serious life-or-death responsibility be so callus and inept? Obviously, this girl was not at home when the incident occurred - the dispatcher could have sent her to a neighbor's home to get the address, no? Look on the mailbox? ask a passerby? good lord, the ignorance.

reply posted on 11-3-2010 @ 01:52 PM by XHellcatX

Yeah, I couldn't listen to the whole thing - I barely got 40 seconds in - sorry, just not strong enough.