Wednesday, March 30, 2005

911 Dispatcher Falls Asleep During Call

Another Dispatcher Fell Asleep During Call Last Year
MILLERSVILLE, Md. A 911 operator in Anne Arundel County, Md., faces accusations of sleeping on the job -- but she's not the first.This time, a supervisor caught the dozing dispatcher last Sunday before it could affect any emergency calls, WBAL-TV in Baltimore reported.Officials said the dispatcher's falling asleep never impacted a caller, and new safeguards seemed to have worked.A caller to 911 heard, for almost two minutes, snoring while calling in an emergency last August...click on title for video.

Thankfully these few isolated incidents do not represent the fine work 911 operators do day in and day out all accross America.

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