Comments on: Murder Victim Not Found After 911 Call

By: Wendalyn Craig Morgan

Wendalyn Craig Morgan — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 18:22:26 +0000

All of the above information would be valuable, and if they had handled the call correctly. Classifying it as a non priority call when there is obvious distress, and not giving your officers all the information they need to make the correct judgment call, then not sending a patrol to a welfare check to the same residence the following day is what is in question. I support the chief’s decision in discipline in this instance, based on the fact that the assault might not have been prevented, but aid and medical response could have made a difference in her life, and his immediate capture.

*This comment is due to the base that yes, there was a delay in police response time due to the lack of address given because the cell phone is untraceable, but the mistakes made by the dispatcher during dispatch, and following resulted in death, suspension, and loss of job.*

By: Pete

Pete — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 15:22:10 +0000

just so people know who may not know, when you dial 911 from you cell phone, the agency, (public safety answering point), who will be receiving that 911 phone call, DOES NOT receive an actual physical address of where your calling from. The only thing it shows, is how far your calling from the nearest CELL TOWER. So with 911 Cell callers, you NEED to be calm and clearly speak your physical address as to where your location is, If you don’t know it or only a partial part of it, use landmarks, building, names of building, intersections, any other type of possible landmark and DO NOT HANG UP ON 911 OPERATOR, Stay on the phone until help arrives.

*This comment is for those that really don’t understand the Cell Phone system when it comes to dialing 911.

By: Pete

Pete — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 01:57:54 +0000

OMG! all that info and the officers didn’t KICK the door in? How SAD, and sad for the dispatcher/s not passing on updated info to the officers. I wonder how much money City of Dallas is going to pay out for this incident? I would love to hear the entire tape. I smell a BIG settlement here, and maybe someone losing their job, and or big time suspension of those involved, dispatcher and officers.

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