911 call leads to teenager's arrest for saying the f-word?!?!?!?

I hope this hasn't been posted before - I'm not quite sure how old it is. What I am sure of is how f'ing pissed I'd be if this happened to me- or one of my daughters - or anyone panicking due to any emergency, much less seeing their father having seizures 3 weeks after brain surgery. Anyone herelive in Lincoln Park, Michigan?<br><br><a title="Frantic reen 911 call" target="_blank" href="http://carlosmiller.com/2009/07/17/frantic-teen-dials-911-and-curses/"></a><a title="Frantic teen 911 call" href="http://www.digitaljournal.com/blog/3325">Frantic teen 911 call</a><br><br>Doug<br>

That cop must be fired and sued...simple as that.

cop needs a time out!!

Simply amazing, I'm so pissed at that jerk... he will get what he deserves. Not only is he a jerk, he's a liar as stated by him clearly to the EMTcall...He should be tarred and feathered, lose his job and pension, because he KNEW BETTER and someone could have died due to his stupidity or arrogance. Thepoor Lincoln Park PD better have lots of lawsuit money, because boy, oh boy do they have a big one coming their way. The facts don't lie, it's all ontape. The taxpayers will be paying for this guy for a long time.<br>The song "Rich Girl" by Hall and Oates popped into my head while watching the video...<br><br>What a piece...<br>

WHAT A JOKE!!!!!!!!!!!!! I tell ya what if one of my family is hurt i am cursing also! That guy is just a cocky no good SOB!!!! hung up on her 3 times. HUNGUP! So if the dad had died (thank goodness he did not) Is he guilty of murder?????? 2nd or 3rd degree??

I'm not justifying the actions of the Sergeant who took the call.... but you've got to keep in mind that somewhere around a third of 911 calls arepranks, and an additional percentage of them are of a non-emergency nature. So I can understand, given the girl's language and somewhat snotty attitude,that he might've taken it as a prank, or non-serious call. And what's a 17-yr old girl doing swearing at a Police Officer anyway? Still, to arrest herwas way out of line; but there are two sides to this story.

I dont think she was swearing AT him? She said can i get a F%^^$&amp;^%^&amp; ambulance. And yes they get i am sure hundreds or thousands of prank calls. BUTthats what we pay them to do. And it only takes once!!! I am sure that guy knows that now.

Greg...with all due respect brother...<br><font size="6">ARE YOU FRICKING KIDDING ME?</font>

<font size="1">Edit to correct "Her" to "He."</font>

Note that I said "I'm not justifying the actions of the Sergeant who took the call..."<br><br>But my personal credos are "never judge a person until you've walked a mile in their shoes" and "never judge a situation until you know allthe facts". And "all the facts" are NOT what you can garner from listening to the mainstream media.<br><br>Lynchmobs are popular on this Board... and I will always speak out against them. Because I think it's a real tragedy, in situations such as the Salem witchhunt (to name one of many) that there weren't more people who had enough guts to go against the mainstream and suggest that "maybe we need to look atthis a bit more..." before thousands of innocent people were murdered.

After reading Greg's first response, I had to get up and walk away from the computer. Here I go again...<br><br>Later,<br><br>Doug<br>

I agree about lynch mob mentalities in general (and on this board) and like you, I detest them in principal. But if you're not justifying his actions, thenwhat's your point? To simply speak out against such a mentality for its own sake with no regard for this particular situation? You talk about"mainstream media" but it's an audiotape of the calls. "All the facts" that are relevant are there. I'm really sorry if it'stough being in his shoes but that doesn't excuse his actions in this situation.<br><br><br>I'm not going to comment any further, my friend. But I think your good intentions are misapplied here and you should just admit it.

What's kind of surprising to me is that the guy has been on the force for 20 some years. His hotheadedness is what I'd expect from someone in theirearly 20's. Anyways, since all seemed to end up okay, I wonder if the cop could've averted some of this unwanted attention with a big fat humbleapology to the family. Toward the end of the story, they flashed many accolades he has received. Not justifying this in any way, but I'd sure hate for mypublic perception to be the very worst day I'd ever had on the job cuz it looks as though he's had many good ones.

<strong>I wonder if the Girl could've averted, the whole thing by just not cussing?</strong> People cuss too much f this and f that andfffffffffffffffffffffffffffff. Just stop it!! There is no need for using the f bomb every other word.<br><br>How ever the cop should have sent the medics asap!! That's his job!!

If he was 911 dispatcher he would'nt be a "COP". He might have been a desk sergeant, (two diiferent worlds), which would explain why he handledthe call the way he did. Still no excuse.

<blockquote> <strong class="quote-title">camarocrazy2 wrote:</strong> <hr><strong>I wonder if the Girl could've averted, the whole thing by just not cussing?</strong> People cuss too much f this and f that and fffffffffffffffffffffffffffff. Just stop it!! There is no need for using the f bomb every other word. <br><br> How ever the cop should have sent the medics asap!! That's his job!!</blockquote>I agree that word is tossed around a bit to much. But in a moment of panic it just comes out,without even realizing it. Then after being hung upon a couple times thats anger. I would have done the same. BUT MORE. In any normal situation yes the F does get used way to much<br><br>

<blockquote> People cuss too much f this and f that and fffffffffffffffffffffffffffff. Just stop it!! There is no need for using the f bomb every other word.</blockquote>I totally agree. Adults use it too much and kids are bombarded by it in modern media (Hollywood, music, etc.). My sister was a lunch monitor atan elementary school and ended up quitting due to the language and total lack of respect shown ANY adult by the kids. One day she watched a 7th grader throwhis lunch on the ground and walk away. When she told him to pick it up, he got in her face and told her it wasn't his f'ing lunch and to pick it upher f'ing self - knowing that there wasn't a dang thing she could do about it (the principal at this particular school - very upscale, mind you - had a"pick your battles" mindset and this wasn't the type she fought).<br><blockquote> <strong>I wonder if the Girl could've averted, the whole thing by just not cussing?</strong></blockquote><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">Mind you, this is a 17 year old girl whose father is having seizures three weeks after brain surgeryand can't get 911 to answer her call (if no one was answering my call to 911 I might be letting a few expletives fly myself). Also, when she let loosewith the first "WTF", she hadn't even realized that the phone has been answered. Once the cop in question answers with "911", herresponse was "we need an ambulance at such and such an address." She didn't swear at him and once she knew she was talking to someone, herrequest for an ambulance was anything but "snotty". It wasn't until the officer who answered proceeded to lecture her that she let loose withthe f-bombs. I might also note that she wasn't the only one in this conversation that was using inappropriate language.</span><br style="font-weight: normal;"><br style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">The whole thing could have been avoided if, as a 20 year veteran - who is professionally trained to deal with people in tense&amp; emergency situations - would've responded (as 911 protocol calls for) with a simple "What is your emergency?". Plain and simple. Wewouldn't be talking about it today.<br><br></span><span style="font-weight: normal;">Doug</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br></span></strong>