Notes from the Resistance
Court records say the alleged false accusation was made anonymously to the child abuse hotline… [More]
What’s that got to do with guns?
[Via bondmen]
911 system goes down statewide in Massachusetts [More]
So there’s no way to ask the people who won’t let you have a gun to come and save you?
Chicago mom left waiting hours for help after 911 call for home invasion: ‘We have no units to send you’ [More]
And the dispatcher asked her if she “had a weapon or considered getting one”?
In Chicago…?
I can see the Demanding Mom reaction now…
[Via Jess]
“Attention all AT&T customers. Please be advised that all AT&T lines are DOWN and that ALL texts and calls to non-emergency and emergency lines ARE NOT GOING THROUGH. Please seek alternatives.” [More]
So, in this situation, what do you say to an intruder?
And is this just a system breakdown due to oversight/maintenance failures, or a series of external infrastructure probes and tests?
UPDATE
Even if it was a solar flare, it just shows how unprepared and vulnerable most people are. Now imagine grid down for a day, for a week, for…
As for Lozano… he says he called 911 but was surprised the police never showed up. “I dialed 911, called the operator, explained to the operator what had just happened… she said ‘OK,’ put me on hold, they transferred me to the non-emergency number, which I was there for almost 45 minutes.” He even called his local LAPD station and left a message. “They have a recording, I left the recording on the machine, explained who I was, what the situation was, and I haven’t heard a call back from anybody. [From video here]
He’d have heard back if he’d done this, especially if he’d hit one.
And look who’s being primed to wear the crown.
[Via WiscoDave]
‘Your Call Cannot Be Completed as Dialed.’ Portland Asks Residents Not to Call 911 [More]
Not that it matters if they could…
[Via Michael G]
Ohioans in danger may soon be able to text 911 [More]
I guess, but the same problems of police being minutes away when seconds count and having no duty to protect will still apply. Plus, by the time most victims enter a PIN, pull up the text app and try to type out an intelligible message with shaking thumbs, the danger may be passed — for the attacker, who may be happy for the free phone.
Besides, I never did much subscribe to the “Only Ones” being the only ones, and plan on having my hands full.
Maybe if co-sponsor State Rep. Kent Smith spent less time abetting the undermining of his constituents’ rights and more time protecting and advancing them, the need for such calls would fall dramatically.
Continued concerns after misrouted St. Louis County 911 call [More]
It’s the ones that get through I’m worried about.
[Via bondmen]
911 dispatcher is charged with involuntary manslaughter for refusing to dispatch ambulance to grandma, 54, who later died ‘after dismissing her case as a ‘waste of resources’ [More]
Something about this doesn’t seem complete. Forgive me for wondering if it will turn out there had been prior interactions.
The daughter looks like she’s next. And soon.
You can’t protect people from themselves.
[Via Mack H]
