[Jane Long]

This is crazy. New rules for calling 911?? Did the perp live with the 911 caller? Not that that should make a difference.

[RC one]

did the 911 police dispatcher bother asking her if the perp was dangerous or on drugs? Seems to me it’s the dispatcher’s job to gather the intelligence from the caller who is typically panicked and quite ill prepared to think clearly during an adrenalin charged situation.

[cizinec]

He may have. He was doing drugs because he was depressed, got violent and threatened the homeowner and her kids. The homeowner called the POPO and didn't tell them he was violent and on hallucinogenic drugs. When the officer went into the house as requested by the homeowner, the officer was jumped, severely beaten and almost killed. The new rules are the same as the old: If you call 911 to get a guy out of your house and the operator asks you if he's taken anything, you shouldn't lie and say, "no."