[Scan-DC] 911 call released in Alexandria music teacher's slaying

[Doug Kitchener]

Sorry Dewey, meant to send this to the list!

DK

>You know, the cops and 911 call centers would do themselves a favor if they could get the info below about how they operate out to the general public.
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>I would imaging that call centers welcome visitors, esp if arrangements are made in advance, but I can think of maybe one jurisdiction around here that has actually held open houses in the past.
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>Granted, having an open house in a 911 call center could be very dicey - they could pick a day and then there'd be a major incident of some sort, etc... but still.
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>Times has changed... I can remember the days when we used to just drop in on "hidquaters" unannounced on a Friday or Saturday night and hang out for the evening.  Three guys there.  And if a call came in for a box alarm, it was a big deal and always a working fire... same with a shooting or a stabbing... they were rarities.  Even a second ambulance on a medical local was an event.
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>I always hoped they'd invite me to work the phone or even dispatch a call or at least put out the tones... they never did, and I never had the nerve to ask!  :)
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>LA clear, KMG-941
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>----- Original Message -----
>> From: Dewey <dewey3 at gmail.com>
>> To: 'Jeff Krauss' <jeff at krauss.ws>; 'Blair Thompson' <b_thom at juno.com>; Scan-DC at mailman.qth.net
>> Cc: 
>> Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2014 5:03 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] 911 call released in Alexandria music teacher's    slaying
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>> I can't speak for Alexandria, but I know this is what upsets a lot of folks
>> in DC.  Problem is that they don't realize that response is on the way
>> unless the call taker specifically says so.  However, that is why the first
>> thing you will hear on emergency calls is "What's the address of your
>> emergency"?  What the call taker does is enter the address and nature of 
>> the
>> call and immediately "send" it to the zone with **MIC**... More 
>> Information
>> Coming.  Then while they are continually talking to you on the phone, they
>> are also continually updating the "slip" (computerized call for 
>> service) and
>> resending the info each time there is a significant change or new piece of
>> information.  As mentioned, this is all transparent to the caller unless the
>> call taker explains what they are doing.  This is how DC has been doing it
>> since my time in the 80's.  The methods and abbreviations may have changed
>> over time, but I would bet that the mechanics of how it is done are still
>> the same.
>> 
>> Dewey
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: scan-dc-bounces at mailman.qth.net
>> [mailto:scan-dc-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Jeff Krauss
>> Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2014 16:52
>> To: Blair Thompson; Scan-DC at mailman.qth.net
>> Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] 911 call released in Alexandria music teacher's
>> slaying
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>> I'd like to hear the PD dispatch with time stamps, and the 911 call 
>> with time stamps.
>> At no time did I hear the call taker say that units were on the way.
>> The call taker's questions elicited a lot of misinformation.
>> I wonder when during the call the PD units were dispatched. 
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