Houston 911 Operator Accused of Hanging Up on 1000s of Emergency Calls
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[quote]A Houston 911 operator accused of hanging up on thousands of emergency calls is charged with two counts of interference with an emergency telephone call.
Harris County court records show 43-year-old Crenshanda Williams of Houston was charged Oct. 5 and freed on $2,000 bond. She faces a court appearance next week.
KPRC-TV reported Williams was involved in thousands of "short calls," lasting 20 seconds or less, between October 2015 and March. Joe Laud, the Houston Emergency Center administration manager, said Thursday she was placed on indefinite suspension and fired Aug. 4.
In one incident, Williams hung up on a caller reporting a robbery in progress at a convenience store. The man called back and spoke to a different operator, but by the time police arrived, the store manager was fatally shot.
A security guard called 911 on March 13 to report two motorists driving recklessly at high speed on a Houston freeway. Police said Williams was the 911 operator and cut short the call before the caller could provide his name.
According to a recording of the call, Williams hung up then said: "Ain't nobody got time for this. For real."
If convicted, Williams could be sentenced to up to a year in jail and $4,000 fine for each count.[/quote]
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What the fuck
I know it is a stretch but this lady should be charged for manslaughter for hanging up on a call which resulted in the murder or someone. It could be argued that the man would be alive if the police was able to respond properly and have EMS on scene as well. An appropriate response time could be the different between life or death.
[quote]According to a recording of the call, Williams hung up then said: "Ain't nobody got time for this. For real."[/quote]
Jesus fucking christ words cannot express how horrible this person is.
Charge this cunt with manslaughter, even if involuntary she lead to a man's death.
ain't nobody got time for this indeed. She deserves more than 2 years and a moderate fine imo, especially considering her negligence has led to at least one instance of a person being killed. It should be treated as involuntary manslaughter.
[quote]A Houston 911 operator accused of hanging up on thousands of emergency calls is charged with two counts of interference with an emergency telephone call.[/quote]
She should be charged with "thousands" of counts of interference then tbh
How in the fuck can someone sleep at night knowing they have potentially put all those people at risk?
Do you just lack basic human emotion or what.
Makes me wonder how she got the job in the first place. Or how she wasn't found out sooner.
[QUOTE=MR-X;51198180]I know it is a stretch but this lady should be charged for manslaughter for hanging up on a call which resulted in the murder or someone. It could be argued that the man would be alive if the police was able to respond properly and have EMS on scene as well. An appropriate response time could be the different between life or death.[/QUOTE]
Not a stretch at all imo. A person in this position needs to be held to a very high standard.
deserves prison time imo
[QUOTE=Fapplejack;51198207]How in the fuck can someone sleep at night knowing they have potentially put all those people at risk?
Do you just lack basic human emotion or what.[/QUOTE]
they just don't think about it
and the scary thing is she does indeed have basic human emotion
How the hell do you get hired for such an important job and fuck up so badly?
[QUOTE=Grandzeit;51198208]Makes me wonder how she got the job in the first place. Or how she wasn't found out sooner.[/QUOTE]
She was probably enthusiastic about it at first and just...burned out. 911 op is a stressful job and it exposes you to the worst of humanity. It can wear down and break the strongest spirit.
That, of course, doesnt absolve her of responsibility, nor of culpability in court. She rightfully deserves charges far more severe than those laid. But its easy to see how she ended up so apathetic about it.
[quote]"The 911 operator answered the phone, and she said, 'This is Crenshanda, may I help you?'" Pendley recalled. He told her his wife had passed out and needed an ambulance, the operator said OK then hung up.[/quote]
that's fucking deplorable, she should really be charged for every call she hung up on.
[editline]13th October 2016[/editline]
[quote]According to police, when Williams was questioned about the incidents in June 2016, she told them, [B]“... that she often hangs up on calls that have not been connected because she did not want to talk to anyone at that time.”[/B][/quote]
wooooooooow
[quote]Ain't nobody got time for this[/quote]
honestly the last person i'd want answering my 911 call is someone giving me fucking sass
christ she even fits the sassy black woman description
[img]http://media3.s-nbcnews.com/j/newscms/2016_41/1747891/crenshanda_williams-cb_76f6d1a796b955aded9a488f3832021d.nbcnews-ux-600-700.jpg[/img]
aren't 911 operators supposed to have super extensive training?
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[QUOTE=TestECull;51198246]She was probably enthusiastic about it at first and just...burned out. 911 op is a stressful job and it exposes you to the worst of humanity. It can wear down and break the strongest spirit.
That, of course, doesnt absolve her of responsibility, nor of culpability in court. She rightfully deserves charges far more severe than those laid. But its easy to see how she ended up so apathetic about it.[/QUOTE]
Tell me about it, I work in IT over the phone and let me tell you, after 4 years of this shit, you'd start to feel burnt down too. Can't imagine an operator at 911. It must be fucking horrible. Not an excuse to do what she did though.
fucking jail this cunt for a very very long time
motherfucker's committed voluntary manslaughter
[QUOTE=Zonesylvania;51198185]ain't nobody got time for this indeed. She deserves more than 2 years and a moderate fine imo, especially considering her negligence has led to at least one instance of a person being killed. It should be treated as involuntary manslaughter.[/QUOTE]
Article says it is per count. If she hung up on thousands of calls, she is going to jail for life.
I've seen how 999 operators are here, they have a TV show documenting it. The calls you receive can be immensely stressful - you really need the right mind-set and patience to resist the urge of shouting, arguing or even hanging-up like this retard did.
I think in the UK they go through screening, with some NHS qualified position - not sure how it works in America.
[QUOTE=Saturn V;51198394]honestly the last person i'd want answering my 911 call is someone giving me fucking sass
christ she even fits the sassy black woman description
[img]http://media3.s-nbcnews.com/j/newscms/2016_41/1747891/crenshanda_williams-cb_76f6d1a796b955aded9a488f3832021d.nbcnews-ux-600-700.jpg[/img]
aren't 911 operators supposed to have super extensive training?[/QUOTE]
911 operator jobs are easy as fuck to get. My sister has had two already and she never had extensive training.
[QUOTE=Rika-chan;51198422]Article says it is per count. If she hung up on thousands of calls, she is going to jail for life.[/QUOTE]
The article also says she's being charged with 2 counts of interference with an emergency telephone call. That's what the per count is.
[QUOTE=jimbobjoe1234;51198451]911 operator jobs are easy as fuck to get. My sister has had two already and she never had extensive training.[/QUOTE]
WHAT?!
why is shit so retardedly retarded in the us
in finland you need 1.5 years of training for that shit
i mean this is like THE job you don't want retards like this working at
You know, I feel stupid for being seemingly incapable of doing basic math, and then we get pieces of shit like this who end up getting jobs and I feel better about myself. No matter how stupid I might be, I won't be "hang up in the middle of a 911 call as a dispatch operator" stupid.
[QUOTE=Saturn V;51198523]WHAT?!
why is shit so retardedly retarded in the us
in finland you need 1.5 years of training for that shit
i mean this is like THE job you don't want retards like this working at[/QUOTE]
It depends where you are. Just like cops.
The end of this video makes me even more angry:
[video=youtube;IP8UAVc9_Wo]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IP8UAVc9_Wo[/video]
"She reportedly told police, she often hung up on people because she did not want to talk to anyone at the time."
[QUOTE=Saturn V;51198523]WHAT?!
why is shit so retardedly retarded in the us
in finland you need 1.5 years of training for that shit
i mean this is like THE job you don't want retards like this working at[/QUOTE]
Too many job openings, not enough qualified people to fill them.
[QUOTE=DasMatze;51198676]The end of this video makes me even more angry:[/QUOTE]
Why say "This is 911, how can I help you" and then almost immediately hang up?
What a fucked up situation.
[QUOTE=DasMatze;51198676]The end of this video makes me even more angry:
[video=youtube;IP8UAVc9_Wo]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IP8UAVc9_Wo[/video]
"She reportedly told police, she often hung up on people because she did not want to talk to anyone at the time."[/QUOTE]
"she did not want to talk to anyone at the time."
oh my god what a psychotic douchebag
[QUOTE=Saturn V;51198394]aren't 911 operators supposed to have super extensive training?[/QUOTE]
You would think so but my local PD dispatchers are all part time and hardly trained. We have had like four or five meetings with the PD that boiled down to how Shit the dispatchers are.
They rarely even relayed information to the officers and half the time they wouldn't dispatch anyone if they thought it wasn't a big enough deal.
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