http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/news/06302005_...dispatcher.html

 

 

i live in denver.

about a year ago someone called in to 911, they played back his call on the local news and it sounded extreemly clear, he said a bridge on a local freeway is unstable. the 911 operator set state police looking at road signs instead of the bridge. another 45 minuites it indeed fell down on a mini van flatened the whole family.

another well funded government organization.

 

I say that at my work all the time, but only on ridiculous petty complaints and non-law enforcement related calls, never on real emergencies. That article was so short - I wonder of the context in which it was said.