All, I believe there is. Unfortunately the system seems to have failed for Michelle. I can't imagine why.
As I left my house in Willard Hay I noticed the growing size of the dice game and dealing at the end of the block. I plugged in my phone and hooked up the earpiece and called 911. When I dialed I crossed over into Golden Valley and I was connected with the Golden Valley 911. They immediately connected me with Minneapolis 911. Minneapolis 911 was polite, professional and efficient. I use Verizon. I don't know if that matters. As a side note, my neighbor reported that the police were there within 15 minutes or so. Less then a week later there was a GTF bust on the property. Now the kids can play in the yard without watching drug dealing or prostitutes begging for a hit. I am glad. Of course, I am sure the problem will be back soon -- but it is a nice reprieve. Joseph Barisonzi Willard-Hay Children are all foreigners. - Ralph Waldo Emerson -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Melissa Wyatt Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2003 11:29 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Mpls] An interesting experience with 911 On Thu, 21 Aug 2003 11:08:42 -0500, Michelle Gross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: <snip> > I hit 911 on the cell phone and called in the situation and location. > The 911 operator said, "oh, that's St. Louis Park" and immediately hung > up on me. Luckily, police and fire crews came up just then so I didn't > redial. I've wondered since, though, if St. Louis Park just happens to > have a different 911 number than the rest of the state or if I was > supposed to find a phone book and fumble around for some other number to > call. <end> A friend of mine had a similar experience a few years ago. He was walking from my house to another friend's place, and was mugged at 25th and Aldrich. He was jumped by three guys (what were they thinking, he's 6'4" and was holding a motorcycle helmet in one hand... he could've bludgeoned them). He dialed 911, but he's from New Jersey, so it called the local NJ 911 line. They told him tough luck. He ended up calling me, had me call 911, and walked down to the Loon Grocery to call again from there. Don't you think there's a way we could fix the call system so it would forward to the nearest 911 center? Melissa Wyatt Uptown TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. 2. If you don't like what's being discussed here, don't complain - change the subject (Mpls-specific, of course.) ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
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