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Yikes. I'm wondering... Could this result in more than just a job loss? Could the dispatcher face criminal charges for their negligence??? Or perhaps they could be sued and forced to pay???
This is all too common nowadays sadly, recently watched a video about a 911 operator who gave a bad attitude and hung up on a woman drowning in her car during a flood
Yikes. I'm wondering... Could this result in more than just a job loss? Could the dispatcher face criminal charges for their negligence??? Or perhaps they could be sued and forced to pay???
I doubt it. Others were calling 911 also, and the response was quick.
Yikes. I'm wondering... Could this result in more than just a job loss? Could the dispatcher face criminal charges for their negligence??? Or perhaps they could be sued and forced to pay???
What exactly would they be sued for?
They've been placed on leave, it's very possible they will also be fired unless this is a first offense in their 8 years of working there.
They've been placed on leave, it's very possible they will also be fired unless this is a first offense in their 8 years of working there.
I have no idea. McDonald's has been sued because some people don't know how to drink coffee. That never made any sense to me but it happened. A nurse was recently brought to trial for accidentally killing a patient, also workplace negligence.
Since emergency services still arrived promptly, I suppose there would be no case to be made.
I have no idea. McDonald's has been sued because some people don't know how to drink coffee. That never made any sense to me but it happened. A nurse was recently brought to trial for accidentally killing a patient, also workplace negligence.
Since emergency services still arrived promptly, I suppose there would be no case to be made.
Hot coffee lawsuits are because the temperature of the coffee is too hot. If I spill my coffee that I made at home, it won't burn me the way some of the people have gotten seriously burned. The newest one, the lid(s) also weren't on right or something like that. The woman was taken to the hospital by an ambulance, treated for 3rd degree burns.
The nurse probably gave the wrong medication if they're being charged with an accidental death.
It's possible the 911 employee will get fired but I'll be surprised if they charge them with a crime because they had multiple phone calls at the same time according to the little I've read about it.
Yikes. I'm wondering... Could this result in more than just a job loss? Could the dispatcher face criminal charges for their negligence??? Or perhaps they could be sued and forced to pay???
Forget suing, but pursue criminal charges for sure.
911 is that first step put in place to save us. When the workers fail us because they think we're "wasting their time", termination ain't good enough. Prosecute.
Who can experience the horror of of having a 911 operator hang up on you during an life and death emergency phone call? None of us... and we never should, nor should we ever be concerned about that happening to us in the future. This isn't the first time we've heard about this happening from these 911 operators.
This is all too common nowadays sadly, recently watched a video about a 911 operator who gave a bad attitude and hung up on a woman drowning in her car during a flood
As a former 9-1-1 operator, I completely disagree that this is 'all too common.' (I mistakenly repped your post.)
Edit: from the article: The county spokesperson told Insider that the employee's actions had "no bearing on the dispatching of the call" and that it was dispatched for a police response within 30 seconds.
That spokesperson, as well at the dispatcher, should be fired. They would be where I worked.
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This just sounds like a case of a really dumb woman.
There was a case a couple years ago, a woman was being mauled to death by dogs and the 911 dispatcher said I can't hear what you're saying, call back when you get the dogs under control, and hung up. Another time a couple teen boys were in a boat off the Florida coast that was sinking, and because after repeated requests to provide a request (they obviously couldn't) the dispatcher couldn't figure out how to fill out the emergency request form, and hung up on them. They were found drowned later.
For all the incredible 911 dispatchers, you get some people who are just stupid.
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