A Pennsylvania state audit of the Allegheny County 911 center found several deficiencies, but the investigators who wrote the audit didn’t look into how dispatchers handled the fatal shooting of three Pittsburgh police officers last April. The auditors found the comm center wasn’t properly reviewing dispatcher performance, and doesn’t have specific call-taking protocols. Because the officer murders are still under investigation by police, the auditors were unable to review any logs, tapes or other materials related to the incident to determine if it had been properly handled. A woman called to say she was arguing with her adult son, and an unnamed calltaker asked if her son had guns. The woman said he did, but the information wasn’t passed along to responding officers. Read more here.
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