Friday, April 15, 2005

911 Operator Goes Too Far?

Lori's two daughters, 12 and 13, were fighting... after the 12 year-old kicked a hole in a door, instead of ending the fight herself, Lori called 911. The Watauga, Texas 911 operator, Mike Forbess, after receiving the call said to Lori, "Okay, do you want us to come over and shoot her?" After the phone fell silent, Forbess told Lori he was just joking. Lori was not amused. She wanted Mr. Forbess fired.

Forbess apologized, saying, "I admit what I did. It was stupid, it was inexcusable and I'm sorry."

According to what I saw on the news earlier, he wasn't fired but he received a letter of repremand from the police chief.

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