r/interesting 7h ago

SOCIETY 911 dispatcher ignores multiple emergency calls bc she doesn't feel like working.

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u/Low_Low_1811 6h ago

Incidentally, 911 operators and dispatchers do not wear uniforms, especially not with badges. They are not officers, and even if they were somehow also officers, they are not on duty. There is absolutely no way they could be be both a 911 operator and an officer.

I was an operator for 6 months. Phone operators and dispatch operators, usually the same people unless things get crazy, wear hoodies, or blankets if it gets cold. They wear comfy clothes because it already sucks sitting there for hours at a time talking to people in crisis situations.

They also dont have 3 piddly little screens, and arent out in an open office like that. They are in a secured room, they will have at least 4 very large screens, one with a permanent map, and the OS is entirely proprietary and does not look like Windows.

This immediately looked fake to me.

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u/Hope8888 5h ago

The fact that so many people in the comments think it’s real is scary, I knew in .5 seconds it was fake

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u/SvenniSiggi 5h ago

After all, why would this have been recorded to begin with. "Hey im gonna talk to that dispatch officer that effed up on the job. Better take a camera and record it at professional levels." (really steady cam and clear image in complete focus.)

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u/WayyTooFarAbove 4h ago

Uniformed cops and even detectives wear bodycams now. This is fake af but could be on camera if an arrest is being made.

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u/Big_Dinner3636 4h ago

Dispatchers definitely have uniforms, but not to that extent.