"False Alarms"
Georgia Passes Law to Require Alarm Verification
May 2, 2013News for Georgia: HB 59 will be effective July 1, 2013, and will require alarm companies to use two-call verification when calling in an alarm activation.
Read full articleMan Calls 9-1-1 10 Times, Seeks Ride to Mexico, Deputies Say
January 23, 2013An Immokalee man was arrested after calling 911 10 times, asking for a ride to Mexico, deputies say.
Read full articleKardashian’s LA Home Target of Fake 9-1-1 Call
January 23, 2013Calif. authorities seeking person who called 9-1-1 reporting false emergency at Kardashian home.
Read full articleTom Cruise Possibly Latest Target of Fake 9-1-1 Call
January 18, 2013BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Tom Cruise may be the latest so-called “swatting” victim after police responded to a 911…
Read full articleNYC Man Accused of Making 403 Phony 9-1-1 Calls
January 7, 2013NEW YORK (AP) – Police say a 51-year-old landlord who lived on one of Brooklyn’s trendiest corners was so annoyed by street noise that he placed hundreds of 911 calls of bogus tales, including a subway explosion, to bring police to the scene.
Read full articleBurning Yule Log Video Prompts Calls about Regina (Canada) Stadium on Fire
November 30, 2012REGINA – Stand down, Regina, Mosaic Stadium isn’t on fire.
Read full articleMan Accused of Misusing 9-1-1 to Expedite Deputy Response
November 15, 2012A Golden Gate man is accused of misusing the 911 system after reporting a false battery in an attempt to get Collier County sheriff’s deputies to respond faster to an earlier call he placed, according to an arrest report.
Read full articleDA Won’t Charge 9-1-1 Caller in Calif. Shooting
October 25, 2012LOS ANGELES (AP) — A man Pasadena police blamed for a deadly shooting after he falsely claimed robbery suspects were armed will not be charged with involuntary manslaughter, Los Angeles County prosecutors said Tuesday.
Read full article1-800-IDIOTIC: WTC ‘Drunken Dialer’ Arrested
August 29, 2012A drunken doofus was arrested for making light of the nation’s worst-ever terrorist attack when he called 911 from lower Manhattan and allegedly falsely reported that airplanes were flying into the World Trade Center, law-enforcement sources said.
Read full articleMisplaced 9-1-1 Call Prompts School Lockdown in Ohio
August 29, 2012Katie Wedell, Dayton Daily News HUBER HEIGHTS, Ohio — Miscommunication during a police training operation Monday morning caused the new…
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