How to call the police if you're not calling police!

[Jerry]

The other good story reminded me of an actual experience.

About 6 years ago, at our Metairie home, a bottle of water was knocked over on the night stand and spilled a little into the button end of an old trimline style phone...the ones that had the dial in the receiver.

Well about 3 hours later (2 AM) the water finally shorts out the wiring in the phone and a few minutes later flashlights are shining into our windows and the JPSO is knocking on the door.

We both had to present ourselves at the door to show that we were okay....
Seems that a shorted out phone ( or maybe cut phone line outside ) automatically calls 911.

I was instructed (by a JPSO Lt.) to call 911 a few weeks ago concerning a bad check that we got....no one answered after about 7 rings so I hung up.
Within a few minutes the cops showed up at our store and the fire dept. was calling us:covri:

Heck I just figured they were too busy to answer at the time!
So, if you call 911 for a non-emergency and hang up - it becomes an emergency.

[Jeeves]

So, if you call 911 for a non-emergency and hang up - it becomes an emergency.

Ya, that's kind of a secret, but it takes you out of the 911 queue and puts you in priority. Please don't abuse it

[Jesse]

When I lived uptown 5 or so years ago, this clown Tulane student who lived across the hall from me had apparently just been ripped off by his dealer. This was going on right as I was walking in, and his dealer, who was as high as a kite pulled a knife and tried to follow me into my apartment. Luckily I was carrying and drew my pistol on this wacko and that made him back up just enough for me to get into my apartment. After I did, I guess he decided that he was no longer worried about the gun and wanted in to my place. He was beating on my door, kicking it, trying to rip the doorknob off. I had made the decision that had he gotten that door open, I was going to shoot his ass.

Well, as this was going on, I called 911 and as the operator answered I told her what was happening. After about 15 seconds, I stopped talking because I could hear her ghetto ass laughing it up with another operator. She then says, "What you said, I aint heard you." I lost in on that stupid b***h. It took the cops 25 minutes to get there. By that time the crack head had left.

I swore for months that I was going to have to deal with him at some point, but he never came back. I guess the point of that story is that if in New Orleans, and in need of the police, do what you need to do. The 911 hang-up may be a good thing to know.

[Schuarta]

About ten years ago, while watching one of the "Cops" type shows, the speaker-phone on my desk started chirping... "Hello. Hello. Is anyone there? Are you all right?". When I realized this wasn't the TV, I went to the phone and responded, asking who I was speaking to? The reply was that... "this is the 911 operator, why are you calling?.

About 10 inches from the phone sat Lady Grey, my former cat, now gone to kitty heaven, washing herself. This was one of the early programmable phones with three emergency one-touch buttons - POLICE, FIRE, AMBULANCE. Lady had walked across the phone, squarely hitting the POLICE button with her paw. :covri:

[NoNoNanette]

Geez, that's funny, Art. I'll bet that Lady Grey was irritated by the chirping interrupting her bath! :)