Tuesday, March 11, 2014

Is it against the law to lie to a 911 dispatcher about any or all of a statement when requesting service for Fire, Medical, or police respon...

Question

Is it against the law to lie to a 911 dispatcher about any or all of a statement when requesting service for Fire, Medical, or police response? I am a 911 dispatcher for a local county government and would like to know for future reference.



Answer

Depending on the circumstances, it might be. For instance, knowingly calling in a false alarm would probably violate the law, but just getting something wrong probably would not.



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