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Evo
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They do call back, which I know due to the second time an officer was dispatched to my house. This time I wasn't doing anything and answered the phone. Upon questioning, my older daughter said that the cat knocked the phone off and must have accidently hit 911 when he walked on it. She said she heard a voice coming from the phone and it scared her, so she hung up the phone without saying anything because she didn't know why a voice would be on the phone if it didn't ring. Truth or a great quickly thought up cover story?rewebster said:well, around here, from what I've heard, 911 calls back, or tries to call back, to find out what's going on-----
Anyway, I told the dispatcher nothing was wrong and the dispatcher told me they had already called the police and that the officer would need to come to my house to verify nothing was wrong. I could be a psycho murderer in the house trying to cover up a call my victim had been able to make to 911 for help. Again, they're doing the right thing. A bit annoying, but nice to know they will follow through just incase it's "not ok".
Of course I always lived in a no crime area where police had absolutely nothing to do, so this put some excitement into their life.
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