Posted April 15, 200519 yr WATAUGA, Texas -- A 911 dispatcher in Texas has been reprimanded for responding to a mother's call about an unruly child by saying: "OK. Do you want us to come over to shoot her?" The dispatcher in a suburb of Fort Worth apologized. "I admit what I did. It was stupid, it was inexcusable and I'm sorry," said dispatcher Mike Forbess. The woman says she called 911 after coming home to find her daughters fighting. She told the dispatcher her 12-year-old had kicked a hole in the door. The woman said the 12-year-old was physically the same size as the woman, and she could not get the girl under control. After Forbess' comment, the woman fell silent for about five seconds. "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. Forbess also told his supervisor what had happened after it became clear that the caller wasn't at all amused. The police chief has written at letter to the dispatcher saying he'll be fired for "any future unprofessional responses." The operator has received two letters of reprimand. The caller said she would file a formal complaint with Watauga officials. Last month, a state trooper in Connecticut was suspended for 15 days without pay, after saying "too bad" to a 911 caller seeking help for the victim of a motorcycle accident. http://www.local6.com/news/4379745/detail.html Link to listen to the actual 911 call: http://members.cox.net/sbrooks2006/9-11-Call-Shoot-Her.mp3 :lol It wasn't even a real emergency. This idiot shouldn't have been calling 911 in the first place, 911 is for emergencies, not parenting help. ""9-1-1, what is your emergency?" "Please send an officer over to parent my kids for me because I'm incompetent!! "
April 15, 200519 yr she is probably republican. 742857[/snapback] :chair :ignore I'm Rebublican! She should be fired, she was very unprofessional, what would have happened if this was an actual emergency like a bank robbery?
April 15, 200519 yr i thought the dispatcher handled it well. the woman came out looking bad in all this
April 15, 200519 yr she is probably republican. 742857[/snapback] :chair :ignore I'm Rebublican! She should be fired, she was very unprofessional, what would have happened if this was an actual emergency like a bank robbery? 742872[/snapback] If it was a real emergency, the dispatcher would've been professional, but when a parent calls because they're incompetent, the dispatcher shouldn't waste his time and tax payer dollars by trying to play family moderator/Dr. Phil.
April 15, 200519 yr Author She should be fired, she was very unprofessional she!?!? The dispatcher is a man.
April 15, 200519 yr She should be fired, she was very unprofessional she!?!? The dispatcher is a man. 742974[/snapback] Gomarlins is a little slow. Don't point out the little details.
April 15, 200519 yr She should be fired, she was very unprofessional she!?!? The dispatcher is a man. 742974[/snapback] Gomarlins is a little slow. Don't point out the little details. 742988[/snapback] Das said it too... :mischief
April 15, 200519 yr She should be fired, she was very unprofessional she!?!? The dispatcher is a man. 742974[/snapback] Gomarlins is a little slow. Don't point out the little details. 742988[/snapback] Das said it too... :mischief 742995[/snapback] Das was talking about the caller. :mischief And yeah, cops arent there to take care of your kids.
April 15, 200519 yr I doubt the mother was a Republican. Republicans keep control of their kids a lot quicker than a Democrat would.
April 15, 200519 yr Republicans keep control of their kids a lot quicker than a Democrat would. 743047[/snapback] They also take control of other people's kids too.
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