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

That was a very horrible thing to do. She should of never done that and was in the wrong for what she did.

However, you all must realize 911 is flooded with prank calls and useless traffic from people all the time. It's a serious problem because it has gotten to the point where real calls are delayed because some idiot is calling 911 for directions to a bar.

So it isn't just her at fault here. The populace is at fault as well because too many people are not using 911 for what it's designed for. Because of this operators are forced to find out if it's real or not and quickly hang up. That way real calls can get through.

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

Originally Posted by Outlaw

That's sad ....Kids grow up with their parents telling them always call 911 incase of an emergency.....but when one actually arises, the dispatcher won't take the kid seriously. That is just plain sad. It sort of goes back to a few bad apples ruin the whole bunch scenario. Just because some phone calls are pranks, doesn't mean they all are. That lady diserves to be fired, who cares if she has senority. Who knows....this may happen again....

This also sort of reminds me of that saturday night live skit. The one that was a parody on Emergency 911....but I wouldn't have thought that dispatchers would be that stupid and careless in real life...but this just proves it...

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

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Originally Posted by TheHobbyMan151

shot in the head and lived... pretty unrealistic

..It's not unrealistic. You do know alot of people get things much bigger than a bullet shoved into thier heads and survive? Take a stroll through any area just hit by a tornado for instance. There have been instances of people with huge pieces of wood shoved into thier heads and they survived.

It all depends on where it landed. For all you know it could of grazed the head or hit a less important area of the head.

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