PRO TIP
SOURCE: 911 DISPATCH IS MY PAID JOB. I DO THIS FOR 12.5 HOURS EVERY DAY I WORK..
There is no SEKRET CODE. You could order a pizza, a waffle cone, a taxi, a cage fight......
If you call 911 and you’re in an unsafe situation, literally anything you say out of what we’ve come to expect on the 911 line will result in this question:
“Ma’am/Sir, you dialed 911, is there a LIFE or DEATH emergency?”
SIMPLY ANSWER THE FUCKING QUESTIONS YES/NO AND WE’LL MOVE ON FROM THERE.
DO NOT EVER HANG UP ON THE DISPATCHER, especially if you’re on a FUCKING CELL PHONE, because without the address or current location I can’t help, and cell phone GPS is based on triangulation between cell phone towers.
DO NOT:
HANG UP
TURN OFF THE CELL PHONE
IGNORE THE DISPATCHER
If, for safety reasons, you need to appear as though you’ve hung up, just PLACE YOUR PHONE IN YOUR POCKET, still ON. we know what that sounds like, we hear it every butt dial that comes into the 911 line.
EASY PEASY
Some jurisdictions can now accept TEXT to 911, which helps the deaf/hard of hearing community AND anyone who cannot talk for safety reasons: home invasion and you’re hiding, parents are fighting physically, family member or friend or whatever is having an emotional breakdown and he situation is unsafe for them or others….
Please reblog this, it can actually help people.
