911 Issues in Danbury Offcer Assualt Call

[Gomer 25]

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The conversation can be heard on 911 tapes released by the police department Friday from an attack on Officer Joe Pooler that occurred July 30 in the parking lot of Jimmie’s Market in Germantown. Pooler, who suffered a broken jaw and a concussion, is home recovering from his injuries.

 

The assault, however, sparked a backlash from police union representatives during the past week who claim the incident and the delayed response is just the latest in a string of concerns about the city’s privatized dispatch center.

 

 

http://m.newstimes.com/local/article/911-call-about-assault-on-Danbury-cop-shows-9125646.php

[sueg 77]

Danbury Fire, EMS and PD have had repeated problems with wrong addresses, incomplete information being given to them, and more, and you can sometimes hear the frustration as they go back and forth with the dispatchers trying to get them to fully follow through on their information or equipment requests.  Yesterday there was a man pinned to a wall by a vehicle, called in by someone passing by.  The person dispatching the police got it right, but the ems dispatcher put it out as "unknown medical".  Another dispatcher came on a minute later and let EMS know it was a possible pin and entrapment, which changed their entire response and mental preparation mentality pre-arrival.  That dispatcher then dispatched an extrication assignment with FD with all the vehicles and tools they might need, and then both police and ems dispatchers gave updated information on the location details (in the back, which building, etc.) needed to get help to him as the call progressed. 

 

We were even given the wrong address for a mutual aid call to Danbury last week, and it was not corrected until our medic said he did not see a fire truck waiting at the original address given.

[trauma74 111]

Sounds like a real cluster F***!!!! I guess that you get what you pay for. Try to save money by trying to privatize a service a public service does not always work out well.