[stand watie]

dispatch: 9-1-1. What is your emergency?

female voice: Is this the police? (sound of woman crying)

dispatch: Yes Ma'am. What is your emergency?

female: Send the police to (address ommitted)

dispatch: Tell me what is going on.

female: My name is Jennifer ____________. A man got into the house a half hour ago.

dispatch: Where are you?

female: I locked myself in the bathroom. Hurry. He's got a gun. HURRY. I'M SCARED that he will kill me. (sound of weeping)

dispatch: Hold on Jennifer. Help is on the way. I'll stay on the line with you.

female:thank you (crying)

script of 9-1-1 tape ends.

2 units of SAPD arrived at 302AM, rescued the woman in the bathroom, apprehended the housebreaker and returned to the station about 320AM.
The burglar's name was Jennifer __________________.

yours, sw

 

[Skeptic49]

Took me a moment to figure that one out. House holder also called Police I hope, or there might have been a terrible tragedy.
Geoff
Who tries to avoid making certain assumptions.

 

[stand watie]

Skeptic49,

NOPE, the homeowner didn't call the cops. When SAPD arrived, the elderly homeowner was sitting quietly on the couch (watching TV) & seemingly had forgotten the burglar locked in the bathroom.
Thankfully, nobody got shot.

I posted this to remind us all that things may NOT be at all what we assume that they are.

The calls that I often got from County Central (when I was a young officer) and DREADED RESPONDING TO were the "See the man with the gun at (address)" calls.
(Many times, I asked: Don't we known anything more than that? - Answer: NO. Sorry.)

yours, sw

 

[Kevin Gibson]

SW,

Twice in my career as a medic, I got a call for “chest pains” that turned out to be pain secondary to being shot in the chest. In one instance, the shooter was still on scene, but fortunately didn’t take offense to us being on scene.

 

[IrishCop]

Skeptic49,

NOPE, the homeowner didn't call the cops. When SAPD arrived, the elderly homeowner was sitting quietly on the couch (watching TV) & seemingly had forgotten the burglar locked in the bathroom.
Thankfully, nobody got shot.

I posted this to remind us all that things may NOT be at all what we assume that they are.

The calls that I often got from County Central (when I was a young officer) and DREADED RESPONDING TO were the "See the man with the gun at (address)" calls.
(Many times, I asked: Don't we known anything more than that? - Answer: NO. Sorry.)

yours, sw

Preach on Brother! I was a dispatcher for 2 years before I got on the road. If they didn't have any more details, it's because they didn't ask! NFI calls suck, and are usually avoidable, although I will admit that you don't always get factual info from the callers, even if you do attempt due diligence.

 

[stand watie]

Kevin Gibson,

Well, I would think that a GSW would cause "chest pain".
(CHUCKLE.)

yours, sw

 

[stand watie]

IrishCop,

EXACTLY.

yours, sw