^true, BUT:
how could a kid call for help ? it was smart enough to dial 911 and call again after nobody showed up.
you could argue the kid should have called a relative or gone over to the neighbours ... but keep in mind, its 5(?) fucking years. it clearly is the operators fault. operator is in charge and has the responsibility.[/QOUTE]
I'm not sure what you're implying here. Are you saying because the kid was dialled 911 it is automatically the operators fault, based n the fact that 6 year olds (I checked the original report) aren't smart enough to dial 911? That really doesn't make sense. I've got a 2 1/2 year old cousin who can ring the emergency services (its 999 here) and act like its a joke and also use my mobile phone. Kids aren't stupid. Sure the operator made a mistake, but I doubt that mistake was out of malice or out of total incompetence. There may have been circumstances (eg a lot of hoax calls in the past) that made dismissing a 6 year old calling her that much easier.
Aristotle said:
It's not like one cop goes and investigates every call by himself, there are more than one, obviously. So why not send one over, there are other cops to handle the other jobs.
It was in Detroit, where, so I've heard there is a lot of cirme going on. Now I don't know how big in personnel the emergency services are, but in most large cities they are stretched at the best of times.
I'm not saying she wasn't to blame in some part, but there are other factors hat have to be taken into account.