Your words matter when talking to 9-1-1, choose wisely

[Jeff White]

I'm not trying to be a smart arse, but isn't the Castle Doctrine designed to prevent that from happening? I'm just curious, I hadn't heard anything about the Castle Doctrine until just few weeks ago.

The castle doctrine laws just provide you with a legal reason to have the lawsuit dismissed. If the judge decides the issues are important enough, he can allow the suit to be heard. The Fair Commerce in Firearms Act was supposed to stop the lawsuits against gun manufacturers. Yet the NYC suit against several manufacturers is still going on.

You can be sued for anything a judge will allow to be heard. All it will take is an attorney to come up with a story that convinces the judge that your conduct was so outrageous that it doesn't deserve protection from the castle doctrine law, and the suit will go forward.

Jeff

 

[SMLE]

I work for a small private Ambulance service that is the primary 911 response service in the county. We tend to take what we are told by dispatch with about a pound of salt.
One of my co-workers was dispatched to a "difficulty breathing" call. He found out just as he was pulling up on scene that the difficulty was caused by a 7 inch knife the the guy's chest!

I second the suggestion to take a deep breath before you pick up the phone. Also, try to use a land line. pretty much all 911 systems have at least basic caller ID. There was a case in Albuquerque a while back where someone phoned in a robbery in progress at a large local strip mall(ANYONE in Albuquerque could have found the place just by telling them "Wyoming Mall"). They were on their cell phone and the 911 dispatcher wouldn't send the cops until the caller provided and ADDRESS. The caller had to sneak around the store to find a phone book!

 

[SMLE]

I work for a small private Ambulance service that is the primary 911 response service in the county. We tend to take what we are told by dispatch with about a pound of salt.
One of my co-workers was dispatched to a "difficulty breathing" call. He found out just as he was pulling up on scene that the difficulty was caused by a 7 inch knife the the guy's chest!

I second the suggestion to take a deep breath before you pick up the phone. Also, try to use a land line. pretty much all 911 systems have at least basic caller ID. There was a case in Albuquerque a while back where someone phoned in a robbery in progress at a large local strip mall(ANYONE in Albuquerque could have found the place just by telling them "Wyoming Mall"). They were on their cell phone and the 911 dispatcher wouldn't send the cops until the caller provided an ADDRESS. The caller had to sneak around the store to find a phone book!

 

[TallPine]

We have a certain local dispatcher who should have been fired years ago. Just the other day I heard her mouthing off to the county sheriff! Yesterday she couldn't tell the difference between two fire units that happen to end in the same last two digits. Why they continue to put up with her is beyond me ....????