"Swatting"
Swatting: A Deadly Trend
October 27, 2022Swatting is a prank call made to an ECC intending to have an emergency response team dispatched to a particular location. The dangerous pranks are a risk to first responders and the public, but there are warning signs telecommunicators can look out for.
Read full articleRed Bluff (Calif.) Police Get Phony 9-1-1 Call
February 19, 2015A man allegedly called 9-1-1 saying he’d stabbed someone and was holding the victim hostage in Red Bluff, Calif., on Monday afternoon, but the hourslong standoff that ensued turned out to be in vain after officers determined the claims were bogus.
Read full articlePolice Sent to Chris Brown Home in Latest 9-1-1 Hoax
January 23, 2013LOS ANGELES (AP) — Police have responded to Chris Brown’s home after they received a call about a domestic violence situation that turned out to be false.
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 articleSwatting 9-1-1: Hoax Calls Add Pressure, danger
August 1, 2011PASSAIC COUNTY, N.J. — A California couple with a 2-year-old daughter is awakened late at night by heavily armed police storming their home after a false report of a shooting. A Texas family is stunned when officers with automatic weapons respond to their house expecting a drug-fueled murderer who is demanding $50,000 in exchange for hostages. And a Wyckoff neighborhood is put on lockdown as the Bergen County SWAT team shoots tear gas into what proves to be a home occupied only by a cat. In each case, the people who wound up in the crosshairs were actually victims of a dangerous and increasingly common hoax known as “swatting,” so called because a bogus emergency call prompts the response of a SWAT team.
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