Do you want us to shoot her? 911 Operator
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Making a joke about killing someone as a 911 operator is in pretty bad taste. Regardless of the nature of the call, you just can't do that or ever underestimate the situation.
If he got fired, he deserved it.
If he got fired, he deserved it.
Sadly he probably got reprimanded or fired for cracking a joke over her stupidity and bad parenting.
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http://staging.hosted.ap.org/dynamic/st...LATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2005-04-13-16-34-24
WATAUGA, Texas (AP) -- A 911 dispatcher was reprimanded for responding to a mother's plea for help with an unruly child by saying: "OK. Do you want us to come over to shoot her?"
"I admit what I did. It was stupid, it was inexcusable and I'm sorry," said dispatcher Mike Forbess.
The woman, identified only as Lori in Wednesday's Fort Worth Star-Telegram, said she recently phoned authorities after coming home to find her daughters fighting. She told the dispatcher that her 12-year-old had kicked a hole in the door.
After Forbess' comment, the woman fell silent for about five seconds.
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"Are you there?" Forbess asked.
"Excuse me?" the woman asked.
Forbess, a dispatcher for five years at the Watauga Department of Public Safety, told her he was joking and apologized. But the woman was offended, and Forbess immediately told his supervisor what happened.
"This type of response cannot be tolerated, and this letter shall serve as notice that any future unprofessional responses while answering the 911 line will be cause for termination," Police Chief David Van Laar wrote to Forbess.
Watauga is a Fort Worth suburb of about 22,100 residents.
WATAUGA, Texas (AP) -- A 911 dispatcher was reprimanded for responding to a mother's plea for help with an unruly child by saying: "OK. Do you want us to come over to shoot her?"
"I admit what I did. It was stupid, it was inexcusable and I'm sorry," said dispatcher Mike Forbess.
The woman, identified only as Lori in Wednesday's Fort Worth Star-Telegram, said she recently phoned authorities after coming home to find her daughters fighting. She told the dispatcher that her 12-year-old had kicked a hole in the door.
After Forbess' comment, the woman fell silent for about five seconds.
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"Are you there?" Forbess asked.
"Excuse me?" the woman asked.
Forbess, a dispatcher for five years at the Watauga Department of Public Safety, told her he was joking and apologized. But the woman was offended, and Forbess immediately told his supervisor what happened.
"This type of response cannot be tolerated, and this letter shall serve as notice that any future unprofessional responses while answering the 911 line will be cause for termination," Police Chief David Van Laar wrote to Forbess.
Watauga is a Fort Worth suburb of about 22,100 residents.
I need a police officer,because my daughter is out of control!!
WTF people don't spank their kids when the act up when the child is little,and then
they expect a Police Officer to talk to an out of control Brat??
I hope the dispatcher was only yelled at.
The mother needs to call Nanny 911.
Highly inappropriate, but he should have suggested that they shoot the dumbass mother instead.
If you're going to risk losing your job at least shoot the right person!
Viper GTS
If you're going to risk losing your job at least shoot the right person!
Viper GTS
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