Telemarketing Calls Arrive on 911 Lines

Dispatchers in Wayne County (Ohio) have been fielding calls from telemarketers since last summer–calls that are arriving on the comm center’s 911 lines. County emergency management director Frank Young suspects the calls are being randomly dialed by a company looking for customers, and then hit one or more of the 10-digit telephone numbers the county uses to link up with wireless carriers. “The problem has gone ‘kaboom’ since about last summer, and we’re sick and tired of it,” Young said. He added that the transfer telephone numbers have been put on the national “do not call” list, but that hasn’t ended the telemarketing calls. Read more and listen to a call snippet here.