Current Events > Woman orders pizza over 911 as code to report domestic abuse

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https://youtu.be/ZJL_8kNFmTI

That is an awesome dispatcher for actually listening to her and figuring out what she couldnt say out loud in front of her abuser.

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Clever girl

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this is a job that i literally could not do for more than 2 days
good on this dude, he should get a Christmas bonus or something

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I have infinite respect for dispatchers, having actually looked into working as one and even shadowing one for a few hours. The job is legitimately stressful and they have so much patience.

awesome

911 dispatcher is a job I would NEVER want to have

the crap they go through is unbelievable

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Yeah, I know I couldn't do that job.

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pojr posted...

911 dispatcher is a job I would NEVER want to have

the crap they go through is unbelievable

I recomend you watch a movie called "Den Skyldige" AKA The Guilty. It's about a Dispatcher and it features ONE actor, and two rooms. Think of Tom Hardy's "Locke" but not in a car.

Exhilarating movie and it fucks up with your brain, especially around the 1 hour mark. One of the best films I've ever seen.

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That's because he's from Oregon

We are on a higher level

Kidding aside, great on him

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@HagenEx

Thanks, that movie is on Hulu. I'll watch it soon

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Yeah this is a thing now

Theyre starting to implement domestic violence codes between victims and dispatchers which shouldve been done long ago

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Genius

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but did she get her large pepperoni pizza though

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His reaction is perfect, that cheery "i'm gettin' ya now :D" response without skipping a beat to not give anything away

i was a dispatcher every other weekend for a few years

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The Trent posted...

this is a job that i literally could not do for more than 2 days
good on this dude, he should get a Christmas bonus or something

pojr posted...

911 dispatcher is a job I would NEVER want to have

the crap they go through is unbelievable

Error1355 posted...

Yeah, I know I couldn't do that job.

I get what you guys are saying but this honestly makes me want to become a dispatcher. Seeing the good that can be done. Im weirdly emotional about this tbh.

Bad_Mojo posted...

@HagenEx

Thanks, that movie is on Hulu. I'll watch it soon

Awesome! Gonna do so myself.

Choco posted...

but did she get her large pepperoni pizza though

lmbo

ReturnOfThaJedi posted...

Yeah this is a thing now

Theyre starting to implement domestic violence codes between victims and dispatchers which shouldve been done long ago

That is good news.

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viewmaster_pi posted...

His reaction is perfect, that cheery "i'm gettin' ya now :D" response without skipping a beat to not give anything away

Agreed, lol.

i was a dispatcher every other weekend for a few years

How was it? How did you get into that line of work?

(If you dont mind me asking.)

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Shablagoo posted...

How was it? How did you get into that line of work?

It was like 90% people tripping their own alarms, then I called and made sure that was the case, get their password, lather rinse repeat. It was a pretty easy job until something lit on fire, or a duress signal came in. It was stressful at first, but eventually just became routine. My mom actually worked there part time prior to telling me when they were hiring.

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ReturnOfThaJedi posted...

Yeah this is a thing now

Theyre starting to implement domestic violence codes between victims and dispatchers which shouldve been done long ago

Last I heard, there aren't formalized codes: the problem with codes is that both sides have to know them, and you can't count on victims having the opportunity to learn a code.

So they're doing the next best thing: training dispatchers to pick up on cues that a victim might leave in a call. Essentially the idea is to let the victim write their own code, as needed. It's not perfect, but the idea is to potentially reach more people.

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Cool

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The thing i worry about is an abuser knowing that the call for pizza is actually a 911 call (if they saw it on Facebook), then escalating their abuse. Still, it's a clever system when done right. I hope there are other codes out there, in situations where the pizza code wouldn't work.

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