Print 6 comment(s) - last by HurleyBird.. on Dec 9 at 11:01 PM
Source: FCC  Comments     Threshold   RE: Unneeded complexity?
By LSUJester on 12/7/2012 3:07:53 PM , Rating: 5  Have you ever
actually been a 911 operator? If not, you have no idea what it's
like.  While it is not difficult to discern what is and is not
an emergency, what is often difficult is getting proper
information from the people that call. Many people who call our
center refuse to tell you anything. If you ask them for a
suspect description, all they will respond with it, "Just hurry
up and get here!" And then the police drive by the suspect
because they don't know who they are looking for.  Also, some
people assume that you know exactly where they are, when in
reality some cellphones (especially the local cheapos) refuse to
get a good GPS location. That or instead of a street name /
address, they tell you "Mike's Bar" and then you get the added
time of trying to look that up. And getting the telcos involved
to track a phone is not a