911 call gone wrong, mother dies.

Sheriff Rhys Chatham · 04.11.2006, 06:51 PM

http://www.kfoxtv.com/video/8529740/index.html

its a video report.
6 yearold boys calls 911 because his mother is not breathing. Phone operator thinks it some sort of prank. His mother dies.

golden child · 04.11.2006, 07:14 PM

wow

once i was baby sitting this kid and the little bastard threatened to call 911. apparently he did, he just hung up right away. his mother got home and while we were sitting casualy two cops walk in and tell the kid not to fuck around and he starts crying.

usually they take that shit pretty seriously

val-holla-ing · 04.11.2006, 07:17 PM

i was reading about this last night. it's a shame that no one will be able to sue the city on behalf of the 6 year old boy, because there's a law that protects the city of Detroit from being sued in such a manner, apparently.

Sheriff Rhys Chatham · 04.11.2006, 07:17 PM

yeah, they said 1/4 of calls are prank calls. Actaully I just got a prank call here no more than five minutes ago.

We had some 911 stands in a park nearby. Kids would press the button so the cops stopped coming.

krastian · 04.11.2006, 10:19 PM

Also inspired by the Public Enemy thread......

So get up, get, get get down
911 is a joke in yo town
Get up, get, get, get down
Late 911 wears the late crown

Pax Americana · 04.11.2006, 11:06 PM

Holy shit, I just saw this story on the news. That's really unacceptable, I thought they were required to respond to every call even if they thought it might be a prank. Anyway, that's really sad.

ploesj · 04.12.2006, 11:53 AM

wow.. thats just horrible.. they should check every call they get.. and i dont think many six yearolds would make prank calls!

Lone Flanger · 04.12.2006, 02:49 PM

Where I live they send an officer out to every 911 hangup/whatever. Must be Detroit.

I'm pretty sure 6 year olds are capable of making prank phone calls. My cousin got in trouble for it one time when we were about that age.

!@#$%! · 04.12.2006, 03:02 PM

that's so very fucked.

however if the cops weren't able to sort through the bullshit a lot more people would die.

here's my take: every prank call to 911 gets a fine of $1000.

that pays for improved services and reduces the rate of prank calls by oh a whole lot.

of course a new prank would be to start dialing 911 from people's phones just to get them in shit. i once caught an asshole making long distance calls from my phone. the fucker.

jon boy · 04.12.2006, 03:17 PM

long story short: at a party and the house has a fax machine so someone (not me) decided to call 999 to see what would happen. 10 minutes later 15, yes 15 policemen in boiler suits come hurtling through the door. the person who called was not to be found.

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Sheriff Rhys Chatham invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: New England. Posts: 4,027	http://www.kfoxtv.com/video/8529740/index.html its a video report. 6 yearold boys calls 911 because his mother is not breathing. Phone operator thinks it some sort of prank. His mother dies. __________________ My Music(grunge rock) A part of this blue shit since June 24th, 2004
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golden child expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,672	wow once i was baby sitting this kid and the little bastard threatened to call 911. apparently he did, he just hung up right away. his mother got home and while we were sitting casualy two cops walk in and tell the kid not to fuck around and he starts crying. usually they take that shit pretty seriously __________________ blind
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val-holla-ing invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: baton rouge. the 225, big raggedy. Posts: 2,731	i was reading about this last night. it's a shame that no one will be able to sue the city on behalf of the 6 year old boy, because there's a law that protects the city of Detroit from being sued in such a manner, apparently.
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Sheriff Rhys Chatham invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: New England. Posts: 4,027	yeah, they said 1/4 of calls are prank calls. Actaully I just got a prank call here no more than five minutes ago. We had some 911 stands in a park nearby. Kids would press the button so the cops stopped coming. __________________ My Music(grunge rock) A part of this blue shit since June 24th, 2004
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krastian invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Baltimore Posts: 7,808	Also inspired by the Public Enemy thread...... So get up, get, get get down 911 is a joke in yo town Get up, get, get, get down Late 911 wears the late crown __________________ Confusion is next and next after that is the Truth.
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Pax Americana expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Buffalo, NY Posts: 1,187	Holy shit, I just saw this story on the news. That's really unacceptable, I thought they were required to respond to every call even if they thought it might be a prank. Anyway, that's really sad.
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ploesj invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: antwerp. Posts: 2,901	wow.. thats just horrible.. they should check every call they get.. and i dont think many six yearolds would make prank calls! __________________ blog flickr
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Lone Flanger little trouble girl Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: 22066 Posts: 79	Where I live they send an officer out to every 911 hangup/whatever. Must be Detroit. I'm pretty sure 6 year olds are capable of making prank phone calls. My cousin got in trouble for it one time when we were about that age. __________________ registered: 10/27/2001 00:00 posts: 2428 and all that jazz.
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!@#$%! invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: mars attacks Posts: 42,648	that's so very fucked. however if the cops weren't able to sort through the bullshit a lot more people would die. here's my take: every prank call to 911 gets a fine of $1000. that pays for improved services and reduces the rate of prank calls by oh a whole lot. of course a new prank would be to start dialing 911 from people's phones just to get them in shit. i once caught an asshole making long distance calls from my phone. the fucker.
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04.12.2006, 03:17 PM	#10
jon boy invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: psycho battery Posts: 12,161	long story short: at a party and the house has a fax machine so someone (not me) decided to call 999 to see what would happen. 10 minutes later 15, yes 15 policemen in boiler suits come hurtling through the door. the person who called was not to be found.
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