[newgeezer]

I wonder what Tacoma's tax-and-spend liberals have been doing instead of upgrading their 911 system.

[freepatriot32]

Probably taking out full page newspaper and billboard ads encouraging people to vote yes for gun control

[Trust but Verify]

There aren't enough details here to know what kind of system they have there, but it appears they did not have an address displayed for the dispatcher. There would only be a couple of reasons for this. 1) They do not have an enhanced system which shows caller name and address, along with which agencies to dipatch. 2) The caller made the call from a cell phone, which would not pinpoint his location.

I'm in this business and I can assure you there is plenty of federal money to pay for these things and a lot more. Usually these systems are funded through surcharges on telephone bills.

[united1000]

I wonder what Tacoma's tax-and-spend liberals have been doing instead of upgrading their 911 system.

 

That's the first thing I thought of too. 

 

What a brave young man. His guardian angel was sitting on his shoulder.

[Vicki]

I can tell you because I live here. Spending millions upon millions on a computer system that doesn't work.