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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What a f#cking loser. I'd probably memorize the license plate and report it to 911 later in the day.

He needs a visit from the cops to straighten him out.[/quote]

This would not be an appropriate response. The appropriate response would be to ignore. But if you really felt like you MUST call the police, use the non-emergency number. I'd want you arrested if you called 911 for this.[/quote]

Just an FYI re: 911 vs. non-emergency...I parked my car in my work parking garage one time for a quick weekend trip and while I was gone someone smashed into my bumper and side of car.  When I got back days later and spoke to insurance, they said I had to file a police report, so I called the non-emergency number.  Non-emergency would not take down any information and required me to call 911 to report the hit and run.  From there, the cops had to come out and go through the motions to file the police report.  I was pretty embarrassed/sheepish when they arrived since I had to call 911 for a hit-and-run that probably happened days before.  I was in no imminent danger, but that was the process that I was told to follow.  The cops were also rude and annoyed (understandably annoyed, IMO as I'm sure they had more pressing things to do).

Long story short, if OP felt threatened, she has every right to call 911.  There will likely be no recourse, but saying you want her arrested for making the call is absurd.  That's not for you to decide, it's for the police.  Also, every neighborhood listserv I've ever been on has had messages from local police telling residents to call 911 at the sight of anything suspicious or out of place (even if it's just someone walking down the street that doesn't seem quite right).  From there, the police decide what's an emergency or what isn't. [/quote]

Where was this? I am a 911 Dispatcher and we take turns ans 911 and non emergency lines. This is bizarre.
Where I work we dont even do reports for hit and runs with no suspect info. We tell you that on the phone.[/quote]

This was in NC.  And my insurance company required a police report to process the hit and run.  Insurance company said some police jurisdictions will create a case over the phone, others need to dispatch an officer to make the report.  In my jurisdiction, the police had to be dispatched using the 911 emergency number.[/quote]

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