[b4its2late]

They obviously don't have the brightest bulbs in the bunch in these dispatch centers.

[AlbertWang]

Cut the dispatcher a little slack......Oprah was on and they were trying to watch and this guy kept calling and bugging them.

[LisaMalia]

Transcript of the calls:

Call 1
Caller: ‘‘I’m the highway shooter." (Disconnected)

Call 2
Dispatcher: ‘‘911. What’s your emergency?" Caller: ‘‘I am the highway shooter." Dispatcher: ‘‘Where you at?" Caller: ‘‘Ah, don’t (expletive) worry about it." Dispatcher: ‘‘Whatever, whatever, whatever. You just want attention, don’t you?" Caller: ‘‘I’m going to shoot (inaudible) car." Dispatcher: ‘‘If you’re the shooter, where you at?" Caller: (Initial comment inaudible) ‘‘I’m up here on I-71." Dispatcher: ‘‘Yeah, yeah, whatever. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Whatever." (Disconnected)

Call 3
Dispatcher: ‘‘911. What’s your emergency?" Caller: ‘‘Look, I’m up on I-71 and I just shot a car." Dispatcher: ‘‘71 where?" Caller: ‘‘On I-71." Dispatcher: ‘‘Well, my lieutenant is doing a phone trace right now. Stay on the line — we’re trying to trace your call." (Disconnected)

Call 4
Dispatcher: ‘‘911. What’s your emergency?" (Disconnected) Second dispatcher (heard in background): ‘‘Is that the same guy?" Dispatcher: ‘‘Yes."

[Henk]

They obviously don't have the brightest bulbs in the bunch in these dispatch centers.

Maybe it should be outsourced to India.

[jackbill]

They obviously don't have the brightest bulbs in the bunch in these dispatch centers.

Hey, they're government workers. What do you expect?