Do You Relate?

Emergency operators are no stranger to receiving odd requests from callers. Wild claims and requests are our bread and butter. The stress relievers for our manic job.

Tell me, can you relate to these little pieces of news I found?

http://buyttown.com/cc-common/news/sections/newsarticle.html?feed=104673&article=8500206

Last April, a man called 911 while he was being pulled over for a speeding ticket, pretending to report a shooting in the hopes officer would let him off the hook as they moved to respond to the fake incident.

Bet he got the idea from a television show.


http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/Woman-Calls-Cops-After-Drug-Deal-Goes-Bad-137214528.html

Then, just a few weeks ago, a woman who said she received the wrong pills in an illegal prescription drug deal called police demanding that they track down the dealer and bring back the right goods.

I took a call similar to that where the guy admitted he bought the marijuana but it was the type or grade that the seller told him it was and wanted his money back so he could buy the good stuff.


Sorry folks, you just can't make this stuff up.