911 DISPATCHER

DISPATCHER

If you're in Washington, D.C., I hope you don't need 911. Lately the dispatchers there have been making mistakes. Some that have cause harm to people.

This one incident, a woman was attacked and beaten before the attacker took her purse. Luckily for her she had her cell phone in her hand. She called 911 as her attacker was walking away. She told the dispatcher that she just left the Georgia Avenue-Petworth Metro Station when she was attacked and she even described her attacker. The dispatcher wanted her to see if she could get her attacker to follow her until the police got there.

Then the dispatcher wanted to know if she was northeast or northwest, because the police couldn't find her. There is only one Georgia Avenue stop and its Northwest

So, as I said, if you're in D.C. don't expect the 911 dispatchers to be helpful during an emergency