Category: Odd + Funny Author : Duncan Riley Posted: May 4, 2009
Tags : 9/11, fail, lincoln park
Your father is having a seizure. You call 911, and while waiting for someone to pick up the phone, you drop the f word. Is the response: where is the emergency; or you shouldn’t swear, followed by a lecture?
If you picked the latter, you win. The video below of a local news report on the Lincoln Park, Chicago Police Department demonstrates exactly that.
But it gets better. After ringing 911 three times, including one time where the officer hangs up on the girl calling her a buffoon, the girl heads to the local police station to both get help, and make a complaint. When she arrived, she was arrested for “disorderly conduct” and “abusing 911,” a charge that doesn’t exist.
The only remote sanity is that the officer’s boss tells local television that it’s not their finest moment, but never explains why she was never asked why she was calling. Fortunately her father survived, but imagine a more serious case.
Here’s the biggest 911 fail of all time:
May 4, 2009
Rather amazing that such a thing happened. While the woman sounded a little hysterical, but that is to be expected and the officer should have been trained to handle these situations. Instead of asking her to calm down and explain the situation clearly to him, he reacted and made a bad situation even worse.
Even if the officer had not been trained, I don't think there is an excuse for the way the officer behaved.
May 4, 2009
This is in Lincoln Park, Michigan. LP Chicago does not have it's own police force as Chicago's finest have that honor.
May 4, 2009
pretty bad, i least he sent help…
he should have found out what was wrong and then admonish her…
who calls 911 and threatens to sue?! she was partly to blame too, arguing while her dad is on the floor.
May 4, 2009
Normally I don't like the Mike Wallace-ish “chase the suspect” ambush journalism, but there are some legitimate questions here. David is right – people who call 911 ARE hysterical and upset, and this behavior should be expected. Luckily this experience is atypical.
May 9, 2009
This news report is nearly nine months old, plus a number of claims in this reporter's story are incorrect. The girl has a history of abusing 911.