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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]People like you, who are dickering over whether or not it is okay to call 911 in case of something that seems like it MIGHT be an emergency are why folks second guess themselves. Maybe you should STFU, before you convince yet another person not to make the call when she's not 100 percent sure. We've seen how that works out. God, it's like seeing pickpocketing at an execution. There is NO PROBLEM with people calling 911 too much in this country. The opposite is true. People keep their heads down and are afraid to get involved, or think someone else has handled it, or second-guess themselves.

BETTER SAFE THAN SORRY! [/quote]

Again - everyone on this thread has agreed that they should have called 911, and most people have said that they would have.  One person gave the example of her very important 911 calls, and people have pointed out there are better ways to handle such non-emergencies.

And there is a HUGE problem with people calling 911 too much in this country.  Really.  Google it.  Someone upthread claimed that there are fees for the overuse of the non-emergency number.  I cannot find a single example of a municipality that does that.  There are, however, numerous examples of charging for too many 911 calls (e.g., Anchorage charges $500 after the 8th call in a year).  Moreover, there are news stories galore about getting a busy signal when you call 911, as well as numerous stories about how we trying to revise systems in this country so people don't call 911 for run-of-the-mill problems.  Sure, the people tell you to call when in doubt.  But as a former worker in emergency response (albeit not a 911 dispatcher), I can assure you that they are rolling their eyes at your interpretation of emergency.[/quote]

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