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3/10/2016 - 3.10.16 - TOO BAD TALES from the NPD - "Intoxicated repeat 911 caller"

Hi all … Its time again for another TOO BAD TALE ….from the NPD!

For our new followers, “TOO BAD TALES” are real life incidents that have occurred here in Naugatuck – usually involving arrests – and are told from my unique perspective … which tends to be a tad bit sarcastic at times ….. …… ….. Okay – a LOT-BIT sarcastic… a MAJORITY of the time …. But any way – the stories are all TRUE and they are all of course, … TOO BAD!!!

So – we will go with an interesting arrest that occurred the other day …. Before I spill, please know that 911 is there for a reason – as we preach to young children, its not there to play with – we’ve all heard the speech a million times as kids and told our kids a million more as adults….I think that most “reasonable” people would agree with us that its an important lesson – however, not everyone we deal with is “reasonable” ….and not everyone “gets” the message…. Including some adults – as you will see!!.

Of course though, …before we begin I must put out our usual disclaimer:

"All persons in these segments are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law and we reserve the right to change the names of those involved (if names are used at all) to protect the innocent"

…. So our story begins on Monday morning … early – around 12:45 AM … Our dispatcher was just minding her own business when the alarm went off indicating a 911 call was coming in … she goes to answer – and as it often happens, the caller hung up before she could answer … Now, this could be an indication of a few things – from the innocent - a child or adult may have mis dialed or … it could be more major - that someone in need of help called and got disconnected.

…as the usual course of business the dispatcher immediately called the number back…and it was answered by an adult male – who quickly advised that he HAD NOT called 911 – the dispatcher grabbed some info and we dispatched a couple officers to meet with him …. At a local bar … to make sure he was ok and that there was indeed “no problem” at his location….

Upon the officers making contact with our 911 calling friend, they determined he was intoxicated … very intoxicated … but that there was no problem. So as any nice officers would do they offered to bring the subject home, to which he agreed … and when they got there, there was a family member to watch over him …. Which we kinda felt he needed at that point… before leaving the officers politely reminded him that 911 is for EMERGENCIES ONLY … you know – the same speech we give preschoolers when we visit the schools !!

…. Well – A short time later – guess what ….. our dispatcher was minding her own business again when … you guessed it - the
alarm went off …. and believe it or not, it was from the same number belong to our new friend …. Aaaaaannnnnnddddd he hung up….again!! …..

Then he called back a second (which was really the third time) …. AAAAANNNNNNDDDDDDD he hung up AGAIN ….AGAIN!!!

Our officers located our not-so-lucky caller and he again denied he had called 911….and while they were conversing with him about the issue….he attempted to run away again ….. which, by the way is NOT a great idea – “running while intoxicated” is not illegal …. But its definitely challenging ….Lets just say his get -away plan was short lived ….did not work out well for him!

“Mr. Misuse of 911” …or, as we now call him for short “M-O-911” was arrested and hauled into the Naugatuck B&B ….where he was placed into our “phone-less” suite – which contains only a children’s play phone … the one with wheels and pull cord – that he was able to roll around to keep him entertained for the rest of the evening!!

So – lesson learned here folks …. If out drinking – please refrain from dialing 911 unless its and emergency …. And if you should accidentally dial 911 while intoxicated….hand the phone to a friend and let them handle the dialing from there!!

Have a great Thursday everyone … we will be here ….even if you mis use 911 …. Several times …. And deny it …. And your drunk …. …. We will be here!!!