Nine-One-One (911) (Emergency Phone Number)
The Mystery Behind the Crime Wave at 312 Riverside Drive
He was sent home in late May. But his troubles followed — namely, smoking crack and calling 911, albeit both relatively sparingly. It is unclear whether there is a link between the two. Using cocaine is likely to promote acting upon one’s urges, but Mr. Reed’s haunting delusions about 312 Riverside have crested during periods […]
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911 Dispatcher Faces Manslaughter Charge After Failing to Send Ambulance
A 911 dispatcher has been charged with involuntary manslaughter after he failed to send an ambulance to a woman in rural Pennsylvania who was bleeding and incoherent and who died a day later, the authorities said. The dispatcher, Leon Price, 50, of Waynesburg, had indicated on a 911 call with the woman’s daughter, Kelly D. […]
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How the Police Response in Uvalde Broke Down: No Radio, Old Tactics
One child shouted, “I’m shot,” catching the attention of the gunman. He came back to the spot where the child was lying and shot the student again, killing him, Khloie said. Chief Arredondo arrived at 11:35 a.m., as the first officers began moving into the hallway outside the classroom door. Two minutes later, a lieutenant […]
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Children called for help from inside classrooms in Uvalde. The police waited.
Jasmine Carrillo, 29, was working in the cafeteria with about 40 second-graders and two teachers when the attack began. The lights dimmed — part of a schoolwide lockdown that had gone into effect. Once he entered the fourth-grade building, Ms. Carrillo said, the shooter banged and kicked on the door of her 10-year-old son Mario’s […]
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911 Dispatcher May Be Fired Over Handling of Buffalo Shooting Call
The man charged in the killings, Payton Gendron, 18, has been accused of traveling 200 miles from his home in Conklin, N.Y., specifically to kill Black people, fueled by a racist belief in so-called replacement theory. On Saturday, the authorities say, he opened fire outside the supermarket, then went inside and continued to shoot shoppers […]
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