A Bend Police officer receives a call from dispatch on his patrol car radio in 2016.Bulletin file 6.15.22 – The Bulletin Bend Police will stop automatically responding to some alarm calls. Police respond to hundreds of false alarms each year....
6.2.22 – Greely Tribune – EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is a summary of crime reports taken from the Greeley Police Department’s daily logs. Only a few of the hundreds of reports will be used in this weekly column because of space limitations. May 18 1...
AB: RCMP ask for help reducing false alarms6.2.22 – Red Deer Advocate – Red Deer RCMP are asking residents and business owner to help reduce false alarm calls. Last year, RCMP received 812 false...
Adweek (5/22) The brand pokes fun at people making emergency calls with absurd complaints Absurd 911 calls are regular fodder for online jokes or clickbait articles. A Google search brings up real, ridiculous situations that prompted emergency calls, such as, “a man...
5.25.22 – WSB – Lawrenceville, Ga. Starting June 1, the city of Lawrenceville will start fining people who live there a fine for excessive false alarms. “The purpose of the False Alarm Ordinance is to...
WINDHAM, ME – May 20: Kayla Boyd is a dispatcher at the Cumberland County Regional Communications Center in Windham. The agency is experiencing a shortage of staffing. (Staff photo by Derek Davis/Staff Photographer) 5.20.22 – Portland Press Herald The...