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‘I don’t know why you’re freaking out,’ a 911 dispatcher told a woman minutes before she drowned
Washington Post ^ | Aug 31 2019 | Hannah Knowles

Posted on 09/01/2019 8:22:47 PM PDT by rintintin

Time was running out for Debra Stevens. But the 911 dispatcher didn’t seem concerned. “Somebody save me!” Stevens screamed as the water level crept up inside her car, which was stranded in floodwater. “I don’t know why you’re freaking out,” the dispatcher, Donna Reneau, responded. “I’m going to die,” Stevens cried later. “Yeah, I know,” Reneau said. Stevens did die, but only after the dispatcher told the Fort Smith, Ark., woman to “shut up,” chastised her for worrying that the phone call would cut off and berated her for driving into water — water the frantic flood victim swore she had not seen. “Well, this will teach you,” Reneau can be heard saying in audio of the call released this week by Fort Smith police.

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TOPICS: Government; US: Alaska; US: Arkansas
KEYWORDS: arkansas; police
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The interim police chief is a piece of work.

Anyone read an explanation why help couldn’t get to the driver in time?

1 posted on 09/01/2019 8:22:47 PM PDT by rintintin
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I’ve called our sheriff’s department a few times over the years and you can usually hear the dispatcher typing information as you’re talking so the appropriate agency is receiving information at the same time. My Spidey senses tell me this heartless witch didn’t do that. I could be wrong. But I doubt it.


2 posted on 09/01/2019 8:29:18 PM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: rintintin

Wait till one central authority controls everyone’s health care decisions.


3 posted on 09/01/2019 8:30:51 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Seth Rich] == [the Democrat's John Dean])
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To: rintintin

It was the Beyotch’s “last call” of her last day on the job.

No excuse.

Mot even an explanation.

When you can no longer be a good influence do everyone a favor and be a GOOD RIDDANCE!


4 posted on 09/01/2019 8:31:04 PM PDT by lightman (Byzantine Troparia: The "praise choruses" of antiquity.)
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To: rintintin

I listened to the entire 22 minutes. Twice the dispatcher muted herself and when she returned to the line she was still giggling as she trailed off on her conversation with someone else.


5 posted on 09/01/2019 8:33:17 PM PDT by coaster123 (One eye is taken for an eye.)
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To: rintintin

Government customer service.


6 posted on 09/01/2019 8:34:12 PM PDT by coaster123 (One eye is taken for an eye.)
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To: rintintin

Throw her in jail. Find a reason.


7 posted on 09/01/2019 8:34:32 PM PDT by familyop ("Welcome to Costco. I love you." - -Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy")
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To: rintintin

She should be charged with negligent homicide.


8 posted on 09/01/2019 8:35:12 PM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: rintintin

Reneau.

9 posted on 09/01/2019 8:39:15 PM PDT by simpson96
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To: Texas Eagle

She should be charged with negligent homicide.

The interim police chief appears to be sticking up for her


10 posted on 09/01/2019 8:39:36 PM PDT by rintintin
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To: rintintin

Dispatcher on right

11 posted on 09/01/2019 8:40:56 PM PDT by gaijin
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To: rintintin

Most police are sadistic.
I wonder if they filter for that or teach it at the academy.
Aside from driving into deep water the biggest mistake this woman made was expecting the police to give a dam if she lived or died.
Save your self because the authorities will not unless it is safe and easy.
Anyone who is surprised by the conduct of the 911 operator is retarded.


12 posted on 09/01/2019 8:41:48 PM PDT by glasseye ("24 hours in a day, 24 beers in a case. Coincidence? I think not." ~ H. L. Mencken)
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Quicksand?


13 posted on 09/01/2019 8:42:47 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Denounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Committee)
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To: rintintin

The family of the drowned woman should get some payback.


14 posted on 09/01/2019 8:42:48 PM PDT by doorgunner69
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To: lightman

OMG, what a fat ugly slug that dispatcher is! She should surely be charged with negligent homicide. Imagine the last voice you hear before drowning is this maniacal b____ laughing at you! That poor drowning woman!


15 posted on 09/01/2019 8:43:40 PM PDT by EinNYC
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To: Steely Tom

the extension of your life is not cost effective


16 posted on 09/01/2019 8:43:53 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Denounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Committee)
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To: lightman

strip her pension


17 posted on 09/01/2019 8:44:44 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Denounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Committee)
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To: glasseye
Every single thing you write in your post is nonsense.

Every single sentence.

.

18 posted on 09/01/2019 8:47:27 PM PDT by Seaplaner (Never give in-never, never,never...except to convictions of honour and good sense. Winston Churchill)
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To: simpson96

Tie the pig to a nice weight, nose out of the water at low tide.

Charge for admission to watch as the tide comes in. Debra’s family gets the proceeds.

No, I am not an “understanding” sort.


19 posted on 09/01/2019 8:48:56 PM PDT by doorgunner69
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To: rintintin

I listened to a few minutes of the audio. Wouldn’t surprise me if she gets a few death threats.


20 posted on 09/01/2019 8:49:01 PM PDT by GnuThere
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