911 Calls Involving Gang Violence - Taken Both as a Dispatcher and Operator on the Same Night
Hey everyone! Welcome back again! First and foremost, thank you for all your support and for reading my articles!. The following article I would like to share happened early in my career. About two years in.
Read full storyA Scary 911 Call | Reporting a Dead Body- It's Not What You Think
Hi everyone! Welcome back! I apologize for the delay! It has been extremely busy at work, and I’m just now finding the time to write an article for all of you!. The following article is somewhat tricky. It is yet another story that has haunted me for quite some time. You’ll see why.
Read full storyA Heartbreaking Hit and Run Fatal Crash- The Little Details That Are the Most Traumatizing
Hi everyone! Welcome back, and thank you for taking the time to read my articles!. The next article I want to share with you is truly heartbreaking. All my articles are not on the positive side, aside from one, but people don’t call 911 because they’re having a good day. It’s actually the worst day lives.
Read full story"Make My Day" Law - Home Invasion-Here's What Happened
Hey everyone! Welcome back! Thank you so much again for reading my articles! I hope you're enjoying them!. I want to share my first experience with the “Make My Day” law for my next article. When I dispatched this call, I wasn’t expecting this outcome.
Read full storyWhat Happens When Bad Drugs Come Through- Here's What It Looks Like
Hey everyone! I hope you're enjoying these articles! As always, thank you for your support and reading them! It means more than you know. For my next article, I wanted to show you what it looks like when bad drugs come through an area. This article will also be shorter than my usual ones.
Read full storyA Parking Complaint Turned Sinister in Seconds- It's Not What You Think
I hope you all are enjoying these articles! There are a lot more! Believe me!. I want to share the following story with you about one of our most routine calls. It’s about a simple parking complaint. Yes, it’s about someone that called in saying that another car was parked in a handicapped spot at a gas station.
Read full storyCrying Wolf or Crying for Help- It Surprised Me
Hey everyone! I apologize I haven’t posted any articles in a while. It’s been very busy at work. The summer months are some of the most active months in the 911 field, and sometimes it takes a bit to recover on my days off.
Read full storyA Family Argument That Turned Into a Stabbing
The article I want to share is the first stabbing I ever took as a 911 dispatcher. This call scared me and gave me an adrenaline rush like no other. Not the good kind. Family disturbances and domestic violence calls are some of the most dangerous calls we respond to.
Read full storyA Kidnapping/Human Trafficking 911 Call | This Is How I Found Them
Hey everyone! Sorry for the delay; as you can imagine, I’m coming off a long work week!. Sorry, the article keeps going under review. I had to make edits. The following story I want to share is about my first legitimate kidnapping. I say legitimate because many calls regarding kidnapping are few and far between. I don’t say this to be insensitive; it is just the truth. Many abduction calls end up being domestic violence or a family disturbance. There is also parental kidnapping which is indeed very serious. But it is rare when a call comes in, and the victim doesn’t know the kidnapper. However, on the other hand, these types of calls are becoming more frequent, unfortunately, with the human trafficking that seems to be on the rise.
Read full storyTwo 911 Calls That Almost Made Me Quit
So this next call I will tell you about happened quite a while ago, but I remember it like it was yesterday. Like the title of this article, this call almost made me quit. This article is a bit longer, but a lot comes with this story.
Read full storyA 911 Call | Puppies Abandoned in a Car- Happy Ending
The next call I will tell you about, I don’t take very lightly. I will tell you that I love animals. I support numerous animal charities, local, international, and small groups that ask for support. I take animal calls very seriously.
Read full storyA Frightening 911 Call | Double Stabbing- Talking to the Killer
I will tell you about this next call where I felt like I had no control. As a dispatcher, that is the worst feeling in the world. When the call comes in, the caller and I are the only ones who know what is happening and what is about to happen. It’s a terrible secret until you drop the call on the screen. Then everyone knows. But for those 10 seconds or so, time stands still.
Read full storyA Heart-Stopping 911 Call | Baby Not Breathing
This next call I will tell you about is one that I will always remember. This happened within the last year or so, and it’s in my top ten most terrifying. I had to make a literal life-and-death decision within seconds of answering this call. There wasn’t even time to think, only react.
Read full storyMy Horrifying 911 Call | A House Intentionally Set on Fire- My Caller Still Inside
This next 911 call I will share with you happened early on in my career in the summer. As you probably guessed by now, I was on the graveyard shift. This call is another one that took a dramatic turn for the worse and surprised me.
Read full storyA Heartbreaking 911 Call | Lost in the Woods
This next call I will share with you took place a few years back. The call took about four hours and was about when COVID-19 shut everything down except 911. I’m going to summarize this call in the best possible way.
Read full storyA 911 Call for a Fatal Crash | One Detail That Changed Everything
This next call I will share with you happened within the last year or so. It involves an accident that turned out to be fatal. As you probably are aware, we take car accidents all the time. They are one of the most common types of calls.
Read full storyA 911 Call That Haunts Me
In this next call, I'll tell you what happened early in my career in 2014. I will say to this story and leave it wide open to interpretation. I will tell you what happened, and you can make your determination.
Read full storyExtremely Violent 911 Calls in the Dead of Winter
The following calls are very violent. You have been warned. Before I begin the stories, all these calls took place in Colorado, where I work. Crime and violence are extremely high, and it doesn’t look like it will slow down.
Read full storyAnother Terrifying 911 Call That Took Two Hours
This was yet another 911 call that had a tremendous effect on me. It stayed with me, even though this happened a few years ago. Mind you; this person would not give their location. This was a two-hour phone call summarized in a small article.
Read full storyOn A 911 Call- They Already Attempted Suicide
I'm going to share another 911 call. I worked in a different agency in Colorado during this call. It was a very rural area, and coming from being a city dispatcher, I wasn't used to it. Response times at this agency were A LOT longer than a City agency.
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