communications firegeezer on 15 May 2008 09:20 am
Call-Taker Canned For Lack Of Compassion
WHILE RESEARCHING A POLICE INCIDENT THAT HAPPENED IN FEBRUARY, Nashville, Tennessee, TV station WTVF came across an unusual 911 recording.
They were looking into a botched police call where it took three hours to get an officer to assist a woman who was being threatened by her boyfriend who was wielding a knife.
During the three hours waiting, she called the 911 center dozens of times begging for help. One of her last calls was answered by a probationary employee who, after the call was terminated but the mic was still live, muttered: “I don’t give a (crap) what happens to you.”
He was fired shortly after that night.
WTVF has the full story HERE.
This AP video report plays the tape: