Comments on: An end to 911 call replays? http://amfix.blogs.cnn.com/2009/05/15/ban-911-calls-from-tv/ Mon, 21 Dec 2009 19:26:55 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: 911 Operator should be fired on spot! http://amfix.blogs.cnn.com/2009/05/15/ban-911-calls-from-tv/comment-page-16/#comment-45584 911 Operator should be fired on spot! Sat, 17 Oct 2009 16:12:08 +0000 http://amfix.blogs.cnn.com/?p=2584#comment-45584 A woman was concerned enough to call 9-1-1. Teenagers can be brutal and abusive because of their hormones. True the mother may have let things slide enough to where her daughter would act however she wanted to, but when they get so big that you cannot "defend" yourself, or control the situation, therein lies the problem. Nothing against the mother whatsoever. I am not attacking the mother at all, but she should be recongnized as a victim and people should realize that if you let things slide for kids while they're younger, they grow up thinking they can do anything they want. If they get angry and feel like slamming you into a wall because you won't let them go out, why not? None of the other tantrums (like throwing things against the wall, slamming doors, shouting curse words) recieved punishment. My friend weighed 280 lbs when she was 12, her mother, a mere 125. What do you think the odds are that if they had gotten into a physical fight things would go the mother's way? Even when the situation being that they were virtually the same size, it's still difficult to control the situation, which is why she was compelled to call 911. There are tons of teenagers that get physical. How many unstable teenagers do can you think of right off hand? If a mother called 911, chances are it was serious and should be taken seriously. I think the operator should be fired period! America is in a recession and someone like him has a job? If that was all the operator knew before he popped off with his mouth, then her safety could have really been endanger. It doesn't take too long for someone to pick up a knife in an argument and use it. I'm disgusted with this call. A woman was concerned enough to call 9-1-1. Teenagers can be brutal and abusive because of their hormones. True the mother may have let things slide enough to where her daughter would act however she wanted to, but when they get so big that you cannot "defend" yourself, or control the situation, therein lies the problem. Nothing against the mother whatsoever. I am not attacking the mother at all, but she should be recongnized as a victim and people should realize that if you let things slide for kids while they're younger, they grow up thinking they can do anything they want. If they get angry and feel like slamming you into a wall because you won't let them go out, why not? None of the other tantrums (like throwing things against the wall, slamming doors, shouting curse words) recieved punishment.

My friend weighed 280 lbs when she was 12, her mother, a mere 125. What do you think the odds are that if they had gotten into a physical fight things would go the mother's way? Even when the situation being that they were virtually the same size, it's still difficult to control the situation, which is why she was compelled to call 911.

There are tons of teenagers that get physical. How many unstable teenagers do can you think of right off hand? If a mother called 911, chances are it was serious and should be taken seriously. I think the operator should be fired period! America is in a recession and someone like him has a job? If that was all the operator knew before he popped off with his mouth, then her safety could have really been endanger. It doesn't take too long for someone to pick up a knife in an argument and use it. I'm disgusted with this call.

]]> By: John211 http://amfix.blogs.cnn.com/2009/05/15/ban-911-calls-from-tv/comment-page-16/#comment-27282 John211 Tue, 07 Jul 2009 20:35:35 +0000 http://amfix.blogs.cnn.com/?p=2584#comment-27282 Very nice site! Very nice site!

]]> By: Bernice http://amfix.blogs.cnn.com/2009/05/15/ban-911-calls-from-tv/comment-page-16/#comment-14977 Bernice Mon, 18 May 2009 10:07:42 +0000 http://amfix.blogs.cnn.com/?p=2584#comment-14977 Invasion of privacy?? What a joke! Invasion of privacy is just another one of those "rights" that we had in the past which has been highly altered by our govt. to place a "control" on the people. We are just about under full control now! Our rights have been disappearing for a while now, yet now we complain?? Our govt. has been tapping into "OUR" phone calls, emails, texts messeges ...for quite a while now. The president that we have now has intruded on our rights the most! Soon, i feel, we should not have very many rights at all. Alot of other countries have more rights that a US American citizen anymore, yet we were the one born "free". We should put a stop to ALL invasions of privacy, and to ANYONE feeling that they had the "POWER" to alter our constitution in the first place! I feel that a tampering of the constitution should be a case of treason and should be treated as such. This administration will not stop until we have no privacy AT ALL and that they are in FULL CONTROL of you, your families, and every asset that you own. If you support this, then you must support that ALL invaions are simply an assult against our constitutional rights. As i have said ...soon ...we will not have many rights even left. The constitutuion will end up collecting dust in a museum as a part of our nations past history, and nothing more. We as "the people" must ban to stop the tampering with our constitutional rights to begin with. Invasion of privacy?? What a joke! Invasion of privacy is just another one of those "rights" that we had in the past which has been highly altered by our govt. to place a "control" on the people. We are just about under full control now! Our rights have been disappearing for a while now, yet now we complain?? Our govt. has been tapping into "OUR" phone calls, emails, texts messeges ...for quite a while now. The president that we have now has intruded on our rights the most! Soon, i feel, we should not have very many rights at all. Alot of other countries have more rights that a US American citizen anymore, yet we were the one born "free". We should put a stop to ALL invasions of privacy, and to ANYONE feeling that they had the "POWER" to alter our constitution in the first place! I feel that a tampering of the constitution should be a case of treason and should be treated as such. This administration will not stop until we have no privacy AT ALL and that they are in FULL CONTROL of you, your families, and every asset that you own. If you support this, then you must support that ALL invaions are simply an assult against our constitutional rights. As i have said ...soon ...we will not have many rights even left. The constitutuion will end up collecting dust in a museum as a part of our nations past history, and nothing more. We as "the people" must ban to stop the tampering with our constitutional rights to begin with.

]]> By: James http://amfix.blogs.cnn.com/2009/05/15/ban-911-calls-from-tv/comment-page-16/#comment-14953 James Sat, 16 May 2009 21:31:15 +0000 http://amfix.blogs.cnn.com/?p=2584#comment-14953 I don't believe the calls should be broadcast at all. I can think of so many reason but the main reason is in direct response to something in the article, "Others say 911 recordings should be public. It’s the only way reporters can investigate wrongdoing" Sorry, but its not the reporters job do investigate wrong doing, they are susposed to REPORT what is being given to them. The people that investigate these things should be the Internal Affairs division, the command staff, whoever is in charge of the Dispatchers or whoever. I also don't think that victims or victims families really need to hear calls of the blood, gore, etc of what happened in a crime, weather or not it be a brutal murder, or a simple car wreck were someone "messed up" driving. I don't believe the calls should be broadcast at all. I can think of so many reason but the main reason is in direct response to something in the article, "Others say 911 recordings should be public. It’s the only way reporters can investigate wrongdoing" Sorry, but its not the reporters job do investigate wrong doing, they are susposed to REPORT what is being given to them. The people that investigate these things should be the Internal Affairs division, the command staff, whoever is in charge of the Dispatchers or whoever.

I also don't think that victims or victims families really need to hear calls of the blood, gore, etc of what happened in a crime, weather or not it be a brutal murder, or a simple car wreck were someone "messed up" driving.

]]> By: يعني الرسول كداب . أيوه الرسول كداب و محمد خول الخولات.جورج يوسف قال لنا كده.سحر الباك الإسلامي حقيقة. كل المسلمين شيطانيين.المسلم اتفقس باك http://amfix.blogs.cnn.com/2009/05/15/ban-911-calls-from-tv/comment-page-16/#comment-14943 يعني الرسول كداب . أيوه الرسول كداب و محمد خول الخولات.جورج يوسف قال لنا كده.سحر الباك الإسلامي حقيقة. كل المسلمين شيطانيين.المسلم اتفقس باك Sat, 16 May 2009 18:56:42 +0000 http://amfix.blogs.cnn.com/?p=2584#comment-14943 [...] An end to 911 call replays? « جورج عاوز مصر . [...] [...] An end to 911 call replays? « جورج عاوز مصر . [...]

]]> By: sLADYee http://amfix.blogs.cnn.com/2009/05/15/ban-911-calls-from-tv/comment-page-16/#comment-14931 sLADYee Sat, 16 May 2009 07:09:24 +0000 http://amfix.blogs.cnn.com/?p=2584#comment-14931 I don't think they should broadcast to the general public out of respect for the families. My aunt was murdered and the 911 call was all over the internet. As if my family needed to hear him attempt to turn himself in. I am biased, but w-e. I don't think they should broadcast to the general public out of respect for the families. My aunt was murdered and the 911 call was all over the internet. As if my family needed to hear him attempt to turn himself in. I am biased, but w-e.

]]> By: John http://amfix.blogs.cnn.com/2009/05/15/ban-911-calls-from-tv/comment-page-16/#comment-14929 John Sat, 16 May 2009 02:55:39 +0000 http://amfix.blogs.cnn.com/?p=2584#comment-14929 Since a majority of the individuals on this post seem to believe that if 911 dispatchers have nothing to hide then they should not object to their recordings be replayed. So lets do this, since the roads we drive on are funded by tax payers, every car being driven will have a camera in it and the evidence of your terrible driving is admissable in a court of law. I can only imagine how well that would go. This has nothing to do with the 'safety' of the caller. Things happen. People make mistakes and should be held accountable. However, let each orginization handle its employees. For those of you who are worried about 'corrupt cops' and 'evidence tampering' and would like the callers voice to be covered, the last thing you should want is people 'altering' anything. Since a majority of the individuals on this post seem to believe that if 911 dispatchers have nothing to hide then they should not object to their recordings be replayed. So lets do this, since the roads we drive on are funded by tax payers, every car being driven will have a camera in it and the evidence of your terrible driving is admissable in a court of law. I can only imagine how well that would go. This has nothing to do with the 'safety' of the caller. Things happen. People make mistakes and should be held accountable. However, let each orginization handle its employees. For those of you who are worried about 'corrupt cops' and 'evidence tampering' and would like the callers voice to be covered, the last thing you should want is people 'altering' anything.

]]> By: Curtis Duvall http://amfix.blogs.cnn.com/2009/05/15/ban-911-calls-from-tv/comment-page-16/#comment-14920 Curtis Duvall Sat, 16 May 2009 02:15:23 +0000 http://amfix.blogs.cnn.com/?p=2584#comment-14920 Of course, nobody wants to hear the thousands of calls that get dispatched with the saving of somebodies life. The ones that wan't to hear the mistakes are probably the ones that read(and prefer to believe) the National Enquirer. NO, NO, and NO... People that aren't in that position are too quick to point blame and pick sides. A father of a 911 operator Of course, nobody wants to hear the thousands of calls that get dispatched with the saving of somebodies life.
The ones that wan't to hear the mistakes are probably the ones
that read(and prefer to believe) the National Enquirer.
NO, NO, and NO...
People that aren't in that position are too quick to point blame and
pick sides.

A father of a 911 operator

]]> By: Frank http://amfix.blogs.cnn.com/2009/05/15/ban-911-calls-from-tv/comment-page-16/#comment-14868 Frank Fri, 15 May 2009 19:50:11 +0000 http://amfix.blogs.cnn.com/?p=2584#comment-14868 To those saying if you don't here the call you don't get the complete story: Why does your getting the complete story trump victims desire for privacy? If you want to be entertained watch TV or rent a DVD. Let the victim decide if there is a reason to release the tape, otherwise lets not make a very difficult time for someone to be used for others "need to know". It really is about dignity for crime victims. To those saying if you don't here the call you don't get the complete story:

Why does your getting the complete story trump victims desire for privacy? If you want to be entertained watch TV or rent a DVD.

Let the victim decide if there is a reason to release the tape, otherwise lets not make a very difficult time for someone to be used for others "need to know". It really is about dignity for crime victims.

]]> By: Dmitry http://amfix.blogs.cnn.com/2009/05/15/ban-911-calls-from-tv/comment-page-16/#comment-14865 Dmitry Fri, 15 May 2009 19:05:29 +0000 http://amfix.blogs.cnn.com/?p=2584#comment-14865 No. 911 calls are to be handled professionally. Not as something that could potentially turn around and hurt the parties involved. As for the "public replays will help us solve crimes" argument, people have a highly overrated opinion of their inner-sleuth. If the world were filled with Encyclopedia Brown's, there wouldn't be a single issue plaguing mankind today. Yes, make 911 calls available for government parties with warrants. No, don't make a www.hearyour911.com website with a "Hear what you thought was private!" slogan. No. 911 calls are to be handled professionally. Not as something that could potentially turn around and hurt the parties involved. As for the "public replays will help us solve crimes" argument, people have a highly overrated opinion of their inner-sleuth. If the world were filled with Encyclopedia Brown's, there wouldn't be a single issue plaguing mankind today. Yes, make 911 calls available for government parties with warrants. No, don't make a http://www.hearyour911.com website with a "Hear what you thought was private!" slogan.

]]> By: Cmmntr http://amfix.blogs.cnn.com/2009/05/15/ban-911-calls-from-tv/comment-page-15/#comment-14864 Cmmntr Fri, 15 May 2009 19:02:39 +0000 http://amfix.blogs.cnn.com/?p=2584#comment-14864 It’s interesting that this is coming from a Republican. I wonder if it has anything to the broadcasting of John McCain’s brother making two ridiculous calls to 911 that were broadcast on truTVs World’s Dumbest? It’s interesting that this is coming from a Republican. I wonder if it has anything to the broadcasting of John McCain’s brother making two ridiculous calls to 911 that were broadcast on truTVs World’s Dumbest?

]]> By: Ric http://amfix.blogs.cnn.com/2009/05/15/ban-911-calls-from-tv/comment-page-15/#comment-14863 Ric Fri, 15 May 2009 18:59:42 +0000 http://amfix.blogs.cnn.com/?p=2584#comment-14863 I see no reason for these calls to be censored. It is a serious business. Anyone using it in an unprofessionally (the 911 operator), or for foolish calls should be held accountable. I am tired of politicians wasting time on issues of such little significance. Is this the most important issue this guy could come up with? This country is so out of control. Why don’t we make drug testing mandatory for politicians? I see no reason for these calls to be censored. It is a serious business. Anyone using it in an unprofessionally (the 911 operator), or for foolish calls should be held accountable. I am tired of politicians wasting time on issues of such little significance. Is this the most important issue this guy could come up with? This country is so out of control. Why don’t we make drug testing mandatory for politicians?

]]> By: 911 dispatcher in PA http://amfix.blogs.cnn.com/2009/05/15/ban-911-calls-from-tv/comment-page-15/#comment-14862 911 dispatcher in PA Fri, 15 May 2009 18:59:36 +0000 http://amfix.blogs.cnn.com/?p=2584#comment-14862 911 calls should never be played by media for the entertainment of the public and that is what most people who posted comments here want. Pure entertainment. They may enjoy listening to someone else's tragic events but the wife who was shot to death by her husband during a domestic dispute while on the phone with 911 would disagree. I'm also sure that the mother who awoke in the middle of the night to find her infant not breathing would not appreciate her infants death being your entertainment. GET YOUR ENTERTAINMENT ELSEWHERE 911 calls should never be played by media for the entertainment of the public and that is what most people who posted comments here want. Pure entertainment. They may enjoy listening to someone else's tragic events but the wife who was shot to death by her husband during a domestic dispute while on the phone with 911 would disagree. I'm also sure that the mother who awoke in the middle of the night to find her infant not breathing would not appreciate her infants death being your entertainment.

GET YOUR ENTERTAINMENT ELSEWHERE

]]> By: Andy Foreman http://amfix.blogs.cnn.com/2009/05/15/ban-911-calls-from-tv/comment-page-15/#comment-14861 Andy Foreman Fri, 15 May 2009 18:57:40 +0000 http://amfix.blogs.cnn.com/?p=2584#comment-14861 Oh c'mon - we have reality TV that is nothing like real reality - and 911 calls from brainless Americans unable to formulate a good sentence let alone any common sense in general. If you take that away from us, what will all the cable channels be forced to broadcast?!?! Good TV - and Lord knows we dont want any good TV on TV... No, we need the idiots to fill up the time slots when American Idol and Lost are not running - please dont take that away - Lord no!!! We might suddenly become an intelligent nation and we sure dont want that!!! Oh c'mon – we have reality TV that is nothing like real reality – and 911 calls from brainless Americans unable to formulate a good sentence let alone any common sense in general.

If you take that away from us, what will all the cable channels be forced to broadcast?!?! Good TV – and Lord knows we dont want any good TV on TV...

No, we need the idiots to fill up the time slots when American Idol and Lost are not running – please dont take that away – Lord no!!! We might suddenly become an intelligent nation and we sure dont want that!!!

]]> By: Matthew Sobel http://amfix.blogs.cnn.com/2009/05/15/ban-911-calls-from-tv/comment-page-15/#comment-14860 Matthew Sobel Fri, 15 May 2009 18:54:45 +0000 http://amfix.blogs.cnn.com/?p=2584#comment-14860 Hey folks...Matthew Sobel here. shalom. I think 9/11 calls should definitely be aired...as it is entertainment for people and we all need some these days. Inbetween my WJC activities I often watch tv (i'm also an actor)... i love the news events that have this real live stuff. It is very good...except all the crap about New Yorkers..i mean who cares about 9/11 in New York? Hey folks...Matthew Sobel here. shalom. I think 9/11 calls should definitely be aired...as it is entertainment for people and we all need some these days. Inbetween my WJC activities I often watch tv (i'm also an actor)... i love the news events that have this real live stuff. It is very good...except all the crap about New Yorkers..i mean who cares about 9/11 in New York?

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