6-year old calls 911; dispatcher thinks it's a joke

An investigation is underway in Detroit after a six-year-old boy called 911 to get help for his mom.

I can understand why she thought it was a joke but still, it's horrible.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

I think it matters more if the mother died because of not getting help faster or was she already dead?

There's nowhere I can't reach.

It's Detroit.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Originally Posted by Shonos

there needs to be harsh punishments for not using 911 properly. The dispatchers need to be taught
better methods at finding fakes as well.

It's more like a ton of bad apples ruining the whole bunch. >.>

Pretty Much. Too bad many people would rather not think of that and would rather have the operator be blamed completely. Go America!!!

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Originally Posted by FLEX

No excuse. She should have been fired.

Please tell me how you'd distingush a fake call from a real one then.

1.Keep in mind that a lot of people constantly prank phone call 911

2.The kid called and wasn't even panicking, which could potentially be a prank phone call.

3.It's Detroit.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Did you watch the Video on the link? When he first called, he wasn't "panicky"

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

I know, I know. But it still had the potential of being a prank phone call or not very important because he wasn't panicking.

Think of both sides. She most likely has to go through fake phone calls every day. Think of what she has to go through. If it was a fake phone call it would have wasted time that could have been used to save someone in real danger.

I'm not going to condem her and not think of what she has to go through.

How ya doing, buddy?

Originally Posted by Tomzilla

It's actually best not to panic in these conditions. When you panic, it becomes extremely difficult to communicate. You also become a greater danger to yourself and those around you.

Let me get this straight with everyone.

I know it's not good to panick in the situation but I was just saying, not panicking gives a better chance for it to be a prank phone call.

I still understand what the women had to go through and I feel sorry for the boy.

How ya doing, buddy?

Uh, how exactly would that lesson the probability of a prank phone call?

Jam it back in, in the dark.

That is definitely true. I always thought you just dial 911 for all problems.

Maybe they don't teach people to look for other numbers because it would be as convienent and easy as dialing 911 in an emergency.

How ya doing, buddy?

Originally Posted by kat

The kid is probably tramatize for life. His family needs to up the lawsuit, with the death of his mother through negligence as well as emotional trauma to the child.

Yes, by charging them, the child will feel loads better.

Why do people always think lawsuits help emotional trauma?

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.