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- Date: Wed, 26 Aug 92 17:30:12 GMT
- From: mperlman@nyx.cs.du.edu (Marshal "Airborne" Perlman)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
- Subject: Re: 911 on Jerry Springer Show
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- Organization: University of Denver, Dept. of Math & Comp. Sci.
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- I don't know where you are, but in California the 911 people LOVE
- cellular phones.
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- I've never called 911 from a regular phone but I understand you get
- right in touch with a police or fire person.
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- When you call 911 from a cellular you get a 911 operator and you tell
- them who you want to talk to, I.E. "Please get me the Huntington Beach
- PD", then you tell the PD what is wrong. I use it all the time to
- report accidents, and they are glad to hear from me. I'll also call in
- when I see broken down [like with smoke comin' out of the hood or a
- broken axel] car with people near it, or even little things like
- traffic lights being out or large chunks of metal in the road <saw a
- anvil on the 405 once> it is a free call and they are always glad to
- hear from me.
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- Marshal Perlman - Huntington Beach - California - USA - Earth - Milky Way
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-
- [Moderator's Note: We don't have cellular 911, but we can call
- 787-0000 or the operator and get connected to Chicago Emergency. I
- only use that for *emergencies*, but I call the city all the time for
- things like stop-and-go lights out of order, open hydrants, dead
- animals on the street or parkway, street/sewer cave-ins, etc. I do not
- call through the main City Hall centrex number; I call direct to the
- appropriate dispatcher and am always thanked for my report. PAT]
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