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[quote=Anonymous]Calling 911 for a weather report or to request a phone number is misuse. 
Calling 911 for a crime that has already happened is okay (DC TELLS YOU TO DO THIS) 
Calling 911 if you think someone may need help is absolutely, positively okay.

While I get that some of you have a point that 911 calls can be overused, it is there to be used. If citizens spent valuable time thinking and second guessing themselves whether or not a situation is 911 worthy, you will absolutely create a system where some folks who need help do not get it. For instance, several years ago an elderly, disheveled white man was walking up and down my H street neighborhood shouting racial epithets. Was he assaulting anyone? No. Is noise pollution a crime? Well, yes, but not really an emergency. We dialed 911, and they sent a car right over. While nobody was being hurt, it was clear this man needed help (if nothing else he needed help shutting his foolish mouth, but it turns out that he was a mentally ill veteran with PTSD who had escaped the care of his family. They were thankful that someone intervened.

So, is this different from calling to report a dog being beaten? Maybe it seems so. But animal cruelty is actually a crime, so by calling 911 PP is reporting a crime in progress. The woman on the side of the street who is shuffling along with a blanket? Well, maybe some of you say MYOB, because she's probably just homeless (aka "disposable" to some of you). However, she might need help.

My father suffered an embolism and was put on blood thinners, and later suffered a fall. He was at work talking absolute nonsense all day and nobody said anything. One of his coworkers said "we thought maybe he was drunk." Drunk! My dad does not drink and there would be no reason for anyone to think that! Later, he was wandering around the campus of his office, staggering and clearly having some sort of trouble. Dozens of people passed him by, and later said yeah, we just thought he was some crazy drunk guy. My stepmom got so worried that she drove to his office when he never came home. She found him wandering the parking lot looking for his car. Thank god, he lived, though he had suffered a massive, massive brain bleed and required multiple surgeries. He recovered most of his brain function but will never truly be the same again.

So listen the fuck up, people:  when in doubt, call 911.  If the line is being tied up, it means we don't have enough operators. That's a problem but the solution isn't not making the call and regretting it (or having someone else regret it) later. [/quote]

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