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Did you know that almost without exception, Caller ID is NOT enabled for cell phones?

The Federal Communications Commission mandated that cell phone companies should have auto-locate capability for 911 emergency phone calls.

But, to date, the cell phone companies have NOT complied.

It's the ability to know that a call is coming from "4521 Anywhere Street" that is used with E-911 (enhanced 911, which was invented in Haleyville, AL) that is conspicuously absent in cell phones.

Just today, I heard a SO dispatcher call that said a violent altercation (domestic) was underway with the caller on the line.

The dispatcher could not identify where the call was coming from!

A woman's life could have been lost for that!

And, there are increasingly more and more calls coming from cell phones in residences and businesses where the dispatcher DOES NOT KNOW where the call is coming from!

The delay in getting emergency reponse personnel to the scene - either fire, medical, or police - can mean the difference between life and death.
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Conectivity is also an issue!

Who HASN'T had dropped calls or failure to connect?

You go to a part of your house and the cell phone won't work. Or, on your trip to the grocery store it won't work. Or, on your way to work... it won't work.

We're PAYING for all that WON'T WORK!

If you can't call your grandmother, you CAN'T CALL 911!

Another problem is that cell phones are LOCKED into their own system, i.e., that if another company's tower is nearby and has a strong(er) signal and your company doesn't have service (or has weak service) at a location, your cell phone WON'T lock onto the nearby signal to connect you with 911!

Could that get you in trouble?

Of course!

But do the cell phone companies care?

Nope.
No, it wasn't funny.

Like your icon of a girl violently smashing a mirror isn't funny.

It's not funny.

We don't know each other, but this is a helluva way to introduce oneself.

I hope I never see you in my workplace... 'cause if I did, you'd be nearer to death than life.

You see, I'm a medical professional. And saving people's lives is my business.

And I've seen a whole lotta' hate, and the results of that hate.

And you know what? I hate hate.

I've seen a beautiful girl whose insane boyfriend went into a rage and threw acid in her face. We were lucky to save her eyes.

I've seen gay black men who had the dog-crap beat out of them by White Supremacists spouting the religion of hate.

I've seen dope deals gone bad.

I've seen gang turf wars and their victims.

I've seen women whose busbands beat them with baseball bats then sliced them with knives.

I've seen women whose low-life boyfriends cut them from their rectum through to their belly button, then run over them with a tractor trailer truck in an attempt to hide their crime.

I've seen a lot of hate, my friend.

I've seen enough to last ten people a lifetime.

I've seen paranoid psychotics whose medications have been withheld and they get violent.

And I don't think your icon is funny.
Well said, Shoals Lover! As a former LEO, I, too have seen the best that mankind has to offer....and the worst. Unfortunately, it is the 'worst' that seems to remain at the forefront of my memories. Having responded to countless domestic violence calls and made numerous DV arrests, I fail to find ANYthing 'funny' about the subject. My wife is a survivor and former victim of domestic violence in her previous marriage. She doesn't find anything 'funny' about the subject, either.
You know, with the seeming rash of domestic violence-related incidents in North Alabama recently, you'd think folks'd have more interest in pressing for some regulation on the issue, vis a vis, getting congress involved on the issue.

But, I guess that's the "free market" for ya!

(can you smell the hypocrisy cooking?)

I'm hoping and praying that this bunch recently elected will be about the PEOPLE'S BUSINESS, rather than BIG BUSINESS!
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Originally posted by Shoals Lover:
No, it wasn't funny.

Like your icon of a girl violently smashing a mirror isn't funny.

It's not funny.

We don't know each other, but this is a helluva way to introduce oneself.

I hope I never see you in my workplace... 'cause if I did, you'd be nearer to death than life.

You see, I'm a medical professional. And saving people's lives is my business.

And I've seen a whole lotta' hate, and the results of that hate.

And you know what? I hate hate.

I've seen a beautiful girl whose insane boyfriend went into a rage and threw acid in her face. We were lucky to save her eyes.

I've seen gay black men who had the dog-crap beat out of them by White Supremacists spouting the religion of hate.

I've seen dope deals gone bad.

I've seen gang turf wars and their victims.

I've seen women whose busbands beat them with baseball bats then sliced them with knives.

I've seen women whose low-life boyfriends cut them from their rectum through to their belly button, then run over them with a tractor trailer truck in an attempt to hide their crime.

I've seen a lot of hate, my friend.

I've seen enough to last ten people a lifetime.

I've seen paranoid psychotics whose medications have been withheld and they get violent.

And I don't think your icon is funny.


You have not seen any voloence twards men? I know of a case where a woman superglued her busband to the bed then superglued his eyes shut, it sucked being him. Women are way more violent than men, give busbands a fair shake.
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Originally posted by Shoals Lover:
You know, with the seeming rash of domestic violence-related incidents in North Alabama recently, you'd think folks'd have more interest in pressing for some regulation on the issue, vis a vis, getting congress involved on the issue.

But, I guess that's the "free market" for ya!

(can you smell the hypocrisy cooking?)

I'm hoping and praying that this bunch recently elected will be about the PEOPLE'S BUSINESS, rather than BIG BUSINESS!


Most Domestic Violence relates to money problems, its no wonder we see so much in our area. If familys made a fair wage amd didnt have to ***** about the checkbook balance there would be less domestic violence.
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Originally posted by Heub:
I know of a case where a woman superglued her busband to the bed then superglued his eyes shut, it sucked being him. Women are way more violent than men, give busbands a fair shake.


Wow, remind me not to tick her off. Smiler I have to disagree with you on the violence thing. Statistics prove otherwise. Although women have areas of weakness just like men, statistics prove men are more violent.

http://www.ncadv.org/files/DV_Facts.pdf

Although the reason for most arguments between spouses relates to money, I'm sure you are not saying this excuses violence, right? I think you were just saying it plays a part and that's probably true in some cases. However, most repeat offenders are just sick puppies that need to be locked up with the loony superglue lady.
I disagree. There are plenty of domestic violence occurrences with the wealthy. We hear all the time about some pro football player who smacked his wife around or a singer that went out of control. Sure, stress about money can trigger violence, but the problem is deeper than that. My parents struggled with money when I was little, but not once did my dad ever hit my mom or vice versa.
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You have not seen any voloence twards men? I know of a case where a woman superglued her busband to the bed then superglued his eyes shut, it sucked being him. Women are way more violent than men, give busbands a fair shake.


One of the last DV cases I worked involved a woman that had pinned her husband against his vehicle....with hers. She then proceeded to stomp on the gas. She spun her tires so long that there were BURN MARKS on the bare dirt beneath her front tires. In 7 years, that was the rare case in which I arrested the female in a DV incident (unless BOTH parties showed signs of physical trauma). ALL others had the males as the primary aggressor.
I had a friend of mine who made the mistake of marring a bi-polar psychotic b1tch. He came home one day and she just happened to be in a bad mood. She punched him in the face several times before he grabbed her arm. Once he grabbed her, she ran next door to the neighbor's and called the cops. The cops came immediately to arrest him. When they got there, they saw that his face was swollen from her hitting him, but she didn't have a mark on her. He went to jail that night. The case was dismissed by the judge due to lack of evidence.

Most men aren't going to report that they got beat up by a woman. Those that try will have to have some serious injury for the charge to stick. All the woman has to do is claim she's been assaulted and the guy goes to jail. That's why the numbers on male spousal abuse are lower and not seen as often. It doesn't mean it's not happening. It happens a lot more than people realize.
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All the woman has to do is claim she's been assaulted and the guy goes to jail.


That's where you're wrong. In order for an arrest for assault to be made in a DV case, the reporting officer has to see signs of violence. If such visible signs AREN'T in evidence, the officer THEN uses his own DISCRETION in determining what will be done (one party leaves, etc). IF, however, there ARE signs of a previous struggle, i.e., overturned furniture, broken objects, etc, an arrest may be made.
That may be the technical way of handling things, but that's not what happened to my friend. He was assaulted and he was the one who went to jail. My aunt also pulled this stunt. She claimed abuse on my uncle only days after he had open heart surgery. He had to be helped to the squad car by the arresting officers because he was still very weak. The abuse charge helped my aunt, who is known by our family to be a pathological liar, in the custody battle after they divorced. Like I said, all a woman has to do is say she was attacked and the man goes to jail.
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Originally posted by NashBama:
That may be the technical way of handling things, but that's not what happened to my friend. He was assaulted and he was the one who went to jail. My aunt also pulled this stunt.


Funny. You're in Rutherford Co.? As a former Tennessee LEO, what occured, if in Tennessee, violated most of the TCA codes on DV arrests.
Yep, both incidents happened in different counties, but in TN. They may have violated the TCA codes, but proves my point. Cops violate their own codes all the time. I've had my car searched without probable cause, but it happened. Just because there are codes that say what a cop should do, doesn't mean he/she does it.

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