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greenetree
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Username: Greenetree
Post Number: 8215
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Monday, June 26, 2006 - 5:07 pm: | 
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A thread about another topic has indirectly raised the idea that our police do not have enough to do. Seeing as how we pay so much in taxes, I'd like to see that this local resource be productive as possible. I suggest that we come up with a list and, perhaps when we have enough ideas, it can be delivered to the Chief.
I'll start:
1. The mailman walked across my grass to get to the neighbor's house. Is this trespassing? More importantly, have they had a lot of calls from my neighborhood about this problem?
2. The dude from Waste Management dropped something in the street while emptying his barrel into the back of the truck. Is this littering? Releasing toxic substances? Is the spillage increasing all over town?
3. My neighbor told me that she heard someone tell the woman in the chair next to her getting a pedicure that a kid stole a bottle of soda from Kings. Is crime up in town?
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Case
Citizen
Username: Case
Post Number: 1802
Registered: 2-2005
| | Posted on Monday, June 26, 2006 - 5:15 pm: |
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If they begin foot patrols in my neighborhood, I'd love to see them equipped with a line trimmer (aka a weed whacker). I mean, they're walking around anyway, right? |
ess
Citizen
Username: Ess
Post Number: 2417
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Monday, June 26, 2006 - 5:15 pm: |
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4. I heard the neighbors call each other from within their house. Isn't this violating Maplewood's noise ordinance? |
LilLB
Citizen
Username: Lillb
Post Number: 1879
Registered: 10-2002
| | Posted on Monday, June 26, 2006 - 5:18 pm: |
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Someone has been stealing bird seed from my back yard. They keep getting away with this criminal activity. The only reason I haven't called MPD yet is because I'm not sure I could give an accurate description of the perps. "Grayish Brown, with a big fluffy tail" isn't really enough for them to go on. But since they have nothing better to do, I guess I'll call. |
ess
Citizen
Username: Ess
Post Number: 2420
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Monday, June 26, 2006 - 5:25 pm: |
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LilLB, I saw that same fluffy-tailed perp eating tomato plants in my garden. If we both call, perhaps the MPD will recognize the seriousness of this offense. |
greenetree
Supporter
Username: Greenetree
Post Number: 8216
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Monday, June 26, 2006 - 5:28 pm: |
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Uh-oh. Sounds like a spree to me.
I like Case's idea. Maybe they can carry little buckets of instant cement and bottled water to fix sidewalk cracks, too. I think it would all fit on their gun belts, no? |
Zoesky1
Citizen
Username: Zoesky1
Post Number: 1569
Registered: 6-2003
| | Posted on Monday, June 26, 2006 - 6:52 pm: |
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How about assaults with bananas? I have heard this insidious crime is on the rise. Time for a crack-down. |
red
Citizen
Username: Redy67
Post Number: 6045
Registered: 2-2003
| | Posted on Monday, June 26, 2006 - 9:08 pm: |
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zoesky--I think that is getting into a slippery area. |
justmelaura
Citizen
Username: Justmelaura
Post Number: 735
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Monday, June 26, 2006 - 9:26 pm: |
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And what about the pornagraphy problem? I hear there are boobs being displayed everywhere. Some have been surgically enhanced. If they break, we might have to call the HazMat team. But from my own personal experience, the homegrown Mapleboobs are the real deal. Maybe the local boys on the job can have some sort of Feel-O-Meter to make sure the mammaries in Mapleberry are nonmurderous? |
Monster©
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Username: Monster
Post Number: 3784
Registered: 7-2002
| | Posted on Monday, June 26, 2006 - 9:29 pm: |
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I think they may need to bring in a Monster consultant for that job Laura.... |
juju's petals
Citizen
Username: Jujus_petals
Post Number: 281
Registered: 5-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, June 27, 2006 - 8:17 am: |
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There are mysterious holes in the leaves of my hollyhocks and small brown spots on the underside of the leaves. Some of them are even dying from this vandalism. I'm sick of this kind of malicious grafitti on my well-tended flower beds. I'm calling the cops. |
S.L.K. 2.0
Citizen
Username: Scrotisloknows
Post Number: 1819
Registered: 10-2005
| | Posted on Tuesday, June 27, 2006 - 8:21 am: |
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Serious thought:
Why is Maplewood's crime rate so freaking low, especially being next door to Irvington/Newark? SO is slightly above the national average but MA is so far below average.
Why?
I always wondered how the criminals perceive our little town. It seems like they are intimidated by it. Is it because we tough cops?
Any thoughts on this?
-SLK |
mjh
Supporter
Username: Mjh
Post Number: 622
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, June 27, 2006 - 8:29 am: |
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juju: What you describe is surely a gang initiation activity. Act on it now, before Maplewood is awash in this type of destructive violence. Neighborhood watch groups may help, but cops walking the beat and checking all gardens are what's really needed.
SLK: Yes, we tough cops all the time, and it seems to be working well.
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Hamandeggs
Citizen
Username: Hamandeggs
Post Number: 325
Registered: 8-2005
| | Posted on Tuesday, June 27, 2006 - 8:56 am: |
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Victim: 3 years old, black and white, female,
Perp: older, female, brown and grey, about 6 times the size of Victim, long ringed tail,
Crime (alleged): Intimidation, creating a climate of fear, hissing and snarling in a provocative manner, physical assault (pushing victime), theft (eating victim's Meow Mix) and destruction of victim's catnip mouse.
Creates disordera and litter on garbage day.
Recourse: Book it, please. I know where it lives, and I think we can get a warrant. |
Bob K
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Username: Bobk
Post Number: 11957
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, June 27, 2006 - 9:04 am: |
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SLK, the theroies range from deliberate under-reporting and mis-classification of crimes to good police work. I tend to go with the latter.
Greentree's lighthearted thread has become serious. However, one of the things about Maplewood that always impressed me is that the police respond almost immediately if you call and do so with a smile. There is never the "I got better things to do buddy" attitude a lot of police departments project. As such people tend to call the police about anything suspicious, including chomped hollyhocks, and that has a effect on the crime rate.
I think the MPD tends to classify some crimes in an unusual way. What a car owner sees as an attempt to steal their car may go on the report as an attempted theft from a vehicle, a less crime I think. However, I am sure that this is done universally. |
greenetree
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Username: Greenetree
Post Number: 8220
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, June 27, 2006 - 9:31 am: |
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That's it - I'm calling 911.
Bobbest K is trying to stir up trouble. There is no car theft here. I know because my car was not stolen. And as for those who claim that their cars were stolen - do they have witnesses that the car was where they said it was before the "theft"?
Bob needs to be jailed. If MPD starts looking for car thieves, who is going to weed-whack my lawn? |
Brett
Citizen
Username: Bmalibashksa
Post Number: 2529
Registered: 7-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, June 27, 2006 - 9:40 am: |
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I really think we should just turn to Vigilante Justice.
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greenetree
Supporter
Username: Greenetree
Post Number: 8222
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, June 27, 2006 - 9:56 am: |
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Brett, you are missing the point. MPD doesn't have enough to do; why would we take even more of their work off their hands?
Unless, of course, you want to whack weeds. |
Phenixrising
Citizen
Username: Phenixrising
Post Number: 1743
Registered: 9-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, June 27, 2006 - 10:11 am: |
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There is no car theft here. I know because my car was not stolen. And as for those who claim that their cars were stolen - do they have witnesses that the car was where they said it was before the "theft"?
greentree,
You're starting to sound like a certain poster. 
Perhaps that certain poster can keep the MPD entertained? That'll keep em busy. |
ess
Citizen
Username: Ess
Post Number: 2427
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, June 27, 2006 - 10:24 am: |
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Oh, Phenix......... |
mem
Citizen
Username: Mem
Post Number: 6415
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, June 27, 2006 - 12:26 pm: |
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I have a reason to call MPD. I have just decided to create the MPD calendar. This means they will have to audition at my house, shirts off, one by one. OK, so I'll need some judges to help out. Anyone interested? Pizza and wine included. |
Bajou
Citizen
Username: Bajou
Post Number: 824
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, June 27, 2006 - 12:29 pm: |
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Ahem..I think I would be a prefect judge since I would be completely neutral.......
We need to get help mem... |
greenetree
Supporter
Username: Greenetree
Post Number: 8228
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, June 27, 2006 - 12:32 pm: |
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Sorry, but who would be more neutral than me?
You may have trouble with the shy ones, so I suggest you give them a more urgent matter to respond to. Perhaps someone is parked outside your house with under-inflated tires and it is putting an uneven stress on the pavement? |
crabby
Citizen
Username: Crabbyappleton
Post Number: 700
Registered: 1-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, June 27, 2006 - 12:42 pm: |
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The police need to come to my house right away, because there has been a lot of loitering. The loitering might not be so bad, but it's what they leave behind...white splotchy doo-blobs all over my driveway!!!
The loiterers have actually never been seen, I suspect they have feathers and must have some means for flying. Does anyone know the number for 9-1-1? |
Tom Reingold
Supporter
Username: Noglider
Post Number: 14815
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 28, 2006 - 11:52 am: |
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We had a leftover sheet cake a few weeks ago. I brought the leftovers to the Maplewood Police station on a Saturday. The desk seargent accepted it. Is this evidence that the police don't have enough to do that they have time to eat a huge cake?
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LilLB
Citizen
Username: Lillb
Post Number: 1903
Registered: 10-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 28, 2006 - 11:53 am: |
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Tom - were you offering a bribe to them for not breaking up your party???? For shame..... |
Rastro
Citizen
Username: Rastro
Post Number: 3436
Registered: 5-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 28, 2006 - 8:50 pm: |
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Tom, accepting a cake and eating a cake are two different things. Perhaps he was being polite?
Also, I would hope that they did not eat a partially eaten cake that was brought in by someone they did not know. Who knows what a more nefarious person than you (is there a more nefarious person? ) might have put in the cake... |
mjh
Supporter
Username: Mjh
Post Number: 628
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, June 29, 2006 - 7:00 am: |
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Nefarious persons use brownies, not cake. |
greenetree
Supporter
Username: Greenetree
Post Number: 8259
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, June 29, 2006 - 10:07 am: |
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Soparents
Citizen
Username: Soparents
Post Number: 1649
Registered: 5-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, June 29, 2006 - 10:17 am: |
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I was typing out something to post on MOL, and a car went passed rather loudly and broken my concentration. Does that mean that a crime was committed in that personal property, i.e my concentration, was broken? |
greenetree
Supporter
Username: Greenetree
Post Number: 8261
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, June 29, 2006 - 10:28 am: |
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That's multiple crimes: noise ordinace, assault on your person, vanadalism, destruction of property.
I'd expect at least 3 squad cars with full sirens. |
greenetree
Supporter
Username: Greenetree
Post Number: 8262
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, June 29, 2006 - 10:43 am: |
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It has been pointed out on other threads that there are incongruous chalk marks on Valley. Definitely a police matter. |
Glock 17
Citizen
Username: Glock17
Post Number: 1296
Registered: 7-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, June 29, 2006 - 12:01 pm: |
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S.O.P.D. I don't have a problem with. Had a bad experience with Mapwood po-po tho. |
mjh
Supporter
Username: Mjh
Post Number: 633
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, June 29, 2006 - 12:50 pm: |
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Off topic. Glock needs a citation and fine. Call 'em now Dave! |
greenetree
Supporter
Username: Greenetree
Post Number: 8265
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, June 29, 2006 - 1:33 pm: |
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Actually, I was thinking that he just didn't take his post to the logical conclusion:
SOPD don't have the same amount of down-time that MPD do. Which is why MPD had time to have a long enough interaction to be "bad".
But, MJ brings up a good point: if there is an increasing pattern of off-topic posts, should MPD be called? |
Just The Aunt
Supporter
Username: Auntof13
Post Number: 5548
Registered: 1-2004
| | Posted on Sunday, July 2, 2006 - 12:30 am: |
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Unreal... |
combustion
Citizen
Username: Spontaneous
Post Number: 169
Registered: 4-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, July 2, 2006 - 12:45 am: |
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I noticed a thread asking about the chalk marks on Valley Street. Why would someone want to know about this? These people must be terrorists trying to collect confidential information to use against us. We should call MPD and tell them about the suspicious questions being asked. |
jab
Citizen
Username: Jab
Post Number: 578
Registered: 3-2003
| | Posted on Monday, July 3, 2006 - 10:13 am: |
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Somebody was parked so far from the curb on Parker just now that every single passing car had to pass at least 3/4 in the opposite lane. Not a lot of extra space on Parker. Time to call the police? Oh, it was just the guy with the rake. |
Peter G. Magic
Citizen
Username: Pmagic
Post Number: 157
Registered: 10-2005
| | Posted on Monday, July 3, 2006 - 10:24 am: |
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My wife had parked her car in Maplewood, just for a minute to drop something in the post office. There were no spaces, so she parked in back of someone, just for a minute, and the perp hit her with a BANANA!!!!
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combustion
Citizen
Username: Spontaneous
Post Number: 176
Registered: 4-2006
| | Posted on Monday, July 3, 2006 - 3:26 pm: |
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I just saw that Maplewood is having a bike auction. They obviously have way too much time on their hands if they can fit an auction in. How about doing some real police work, like tracking down all the illegal sparklers smuggled over from PA? |
juju's petals
Citizen
Username: Jujus_petals
Post Number: 285
Registered: 5-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 5, 2006 - 3:37 pm: |
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This morning while on my way to the train station, there was a cracked raw egg on the sidewalk near my driveway. Nothing on my house or neighbors'. Mischief spoils? Runaway chicken? Testing to see if it really was that hot yesterday? What's the difference between a cracked egg on the sidewalk in front of my house and a cracked egg in a pan on my stove: crime v. breakfast? |
Tom Reingold
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Username: Noglider
Post Number: 14899
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 5, 2006 - 3:52 pm: |
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juju's petals, are you on Summit Ave? I just saw a rabbit there. Maybe there is a connection.
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juju's petals
Citizen
Username: Jujus_petals
Post Number: 286
Registered: 5-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 5, 2006 - 3:56 pm: |
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Near Summit Ave. . . . Was the rabbit throwing eggs? BTW, the egg was not dyed. Can you describe said rabbit? |
Duncan
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Username: Duncanrogers
Post Number: 6687
Registered: 12-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, July 6, 2006 - 11:14 am: |
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greentree...I am guessing you started this cause of my Clinton school thread. \
Correct me if I'm wrong. |
combustion
Citizen
Username: Spontaneous
Post Number: 199
Registered: 4-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, July 6, 2006 - 9:48 pm: |
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Duncan,
Greentree started this thread on June 26th. Your Clinton school thread was started July 5th. I'm sorry about the vandalism, but this thread was started as a lighthearted joke more than a week before you posted. I'm sure Greentree in no way was meant to make light of any real crime situation. |
Bob K
Supporter
Username: Bobk
Post Number: 12059
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Friday, July 7, 2006 - 7:52 am: |
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...because the neighbor parked in front of my house again!!!!!!! |
greenetree
Supporter
Username: Greenetree
Post Number: 8277
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, July 9, 2006 - 4:41 pm: |
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Sorry, Dunc. I'm catching up from vacation. Nope, it was light-hearted based on some other threads about calling the cops for less than urgent matters.
I don't know what happened at your place, but I'm sorry that you've had another incident.
Now, I am calling MPD because I don't want to go back to work tomorrow, but if I don't I can't pay my taxes, so I want to get a restraining order against the Township so that they can't hound me if I don't pay. |
Duncan
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Username: Duncanrogers
Post Number: 6713
Registered: 12-2001
| | Posted on Monday, July 10, 2006 - 8:25 am: |
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You are most correct. I didn't look at the dates. Just a coincidence. Just what happened at Clinton disgusts me. I wish I had heard something so I could have been of some help. |
tulip
Citizen
Username: Braveheart
Post Number: 3664
Registered: 3-2004
| | Posted on Monday, July 10, 2006 - 9:03 am: |
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I think MONSTER should get a ticket for posting irrelevant pictures and comments on the SOAPBOX thread!!
I am calling the Interstate Commerce Commission, as well as the State Police!!!
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greenetree
Supporter
Username: Greenetree
Post Number: 8287
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Monday, July 10, 2006 - 2:08 pm: |
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Someone put PVC pipes in the street in front of my house and threw down some asphalt on driveway aprons while I was on vacation. I guess I need to call MPD to find out about it, huh? |
LilLB
Citizen
Username: Lillb
Post Number: 2035
Registered: 10-2002
| | Posted on Friday, July 14, 2006 - 5:09 pm: |
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Just another idea on why you should call MPD...
ALOHA, Ore. - A woman who called 911 to get "the cutest cop I've seen" sent back to her home got a date all right — a court date.
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The same sheriff's deputy arrested her on charges of misuse of the emergency dispatch system.
Washington County Sheriff's Sgt. David Thompson told KGW-TV of Portland it all started with a noise complaint called in last month by neighbors of Lorna Jeanne Dudash. The deputy sent to check on the complaint knocked on her door, then left.
Thompson said Dudash then called 911, asking that the "cutie pie" deputy return.
"He's the cutest cop I've seen in a long time. I just want to know his name," Dudash told the dispatcher. "Heck, it doesn't come very often a good man comes to your doorstep."
After listening to some more, followed by a bit of silence, the dispatcher asked again why Dudash needed the deputy to return.
"Honey, I'm just going to be honest with you, OK? I just thought he was cute. I'm 45 years old and I'd just like to meet him again, but I don't know how to go about doing that without calling 911," she said.
"I know this is absolutely not in any way, shape or form an emergency, but if you would give the officer my phone number and ask him to come back, would you mind?"
The deputy returned, verified that there was no emergency and arrested her for misusing the 911 system, an offense punishable by a fine of up to several thousand dollars and a year in jail.
Thompson said Thursday it was the first case he knew of in which someone called the emergency line for such a personal reason.
"That's taking up valuable time from dispatchers who could be taking true emergency calls," he said.
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