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mem
Citizen
Username: Mem
Post Number: 2644
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, January 22, 2004 - 10:43 am: |     |
Last Saturday night my friend and I were ordering a pizza from Joe's and called 411 for the number, but dialed 911 by accident, and then apologized to the 911 operator for the mistake. At the same time, I discovered my dog had gotten loose by opening the backyard gate. After my friend went to go find the dog, I got a call from a gentleman in the village who had my dog. Right then, doorbell rings and it's the police checking on the 911 call. I said things were OK, it was a mistake, and that my lost dog was just located in the village and I had a pizza waiting at Joe's (too much information, but I was a bit flustered). The cop asked me if he should pick up the pizza (I think that part was a joke) or go get my dog. I told him the dog was more important, so he went to the village. What a nice guy! Funny too.
Thanks Maplewood Police - you've always been the best! Now, if I could only say that about the fire department... (totally kidding!)
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ML1
Citizen
Username: Ml1
Post Number: 1485
Registered: 5-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, January 22, 2004 - 10:48 am: | |
reminds me of the time I was having problems with my dialup modem. I couldn't get it to work properly, and apparently I accidentally dialed 911 from my laptop. as I'm continuing to struggle with my modem, I hear a loud rapping on the front door. When I get to the door, there's a very large police officer asking if everything was ok. I told him it was (except for my modem), and apologized for the false alarm. He took the whole thing in stride -- although I felt like a shmoe. |
mem
Citizen
Username: Mem
Post Number: 2645
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, January 22, 2004 - 10:58 am: | |
If it was the same officer who was at my house he probably would have offered to fix your modem! |
Hank Zona
Citizen
Username: Hankzona
Post Number: 926
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, January 22, 2004 - 11:05 am: | |
did he feed your dog at least? |
Ukealalio
Citizen
Username: Ukealalio
Post Number: 372
Registered: 6-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, January 22, 2004 - 11:45 am: | |
When we 1st moved to Mapleberry from Brooklyn, one of our cats came in the house with a bluebird proudly in his mouth screaming and desperately flapping it's wings. I was at work and my wife flipped and called the local Police. They came, got the kitty to give up the bird, and disposed of the poor mangled winged one.
2 months before we left Brooklyn, a racoon somehow got up on our 3rd floor deck (in a brownstone) and was taking a dip in my son's kiddy pool. I called the ASPCA and the Police, they both just laughed at me. I'm glad to be living here. |
Tom Reingold
Citizen
Username: Noglider
Post Number: 1820
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, January 22, 2004 - 3:20 pm: | |
At my last job, the police came a few times a week because of accidental 911 calls. I finally figured it out. The country code for dialing India is 91. We had an office in India. The area code for the place we were calling started with a 1. People were forgetting to dial 9 (for outside) and 011 (for international dialing) because the Indians were giving their phone number out as 91 13 555-1212 because, by their notation, it was complete.
Tom Reingold the prissy-pants
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Brett
Citizen
Username: Bmalibashksa
Post Number: 606
Registered: 7-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, January 22, 2004 - 3:22 pm: | |
TOM OUTSOURCED!!!! |
Tom Reingold
Citizen
Username: Noglider
Post Number: 1822
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, January 22, 2004 - 3:28 pm: | |
No, I got laid off from that job. 
Tom Reingold the prissy-pants
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juju's petals
Citizen
Username: Jujus_petals
Post Number: 4
Registered: 5-2003
| | Posted on Friday, January 23, 2004 - 8:29 am: | |
They are cool. And remarkably professional. A few months ago, while sleep-deprived and distracted, I drank about a half cup of water-dilluted hydrogen peroxide that I used the day before to clean my daughters ear canal. Yes, easily the dumbest and yuckiest thing I have ever done. In my defense, I thought it was just a cup of water but the taste told me otherwise.
So, I called 911 because the bottle of peroxide suggested I call poison control (a number I have now memorized). I explained over the phone, "It says on the bottle I should call," like I didn't already sound dumb enough.
Sure enough, despite this ridiculous situation, everyone was very professional. The dispatcher, who told me I was probably okay (and I was after I threw up) and forwarded my call to poison control, sent over an ambulance and two uniformed officers to check me out as a "minor overdose." When they learned the whole story, no one laughed in my face -- not even a snicker. The paramedic did gently remind me to "label things in the future" and checked my blood pressure while my 4 month old sat on my lap and my 3 year old conducted a lengthy conversation with one of the officers about her cat, Smudgy. By the way, he was rather polite with her, too.
I know we have some real "big city" crime in Maplewood. But, I'd just like to applaud their patience and small-town manners as well.
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jro
Citizen
Username: Jro
Post Number: 54
Registered: 8-2002
| | Posted on Friday, January 23, 2004 - 12:53 pm: | |
Here is a story about the Fire Department:
I was just home from the hospital one week after having my first child (C-section) and feeling exhausted and barely able to walk. My son was napping upstairs and I stepped outside to grab the paper. A gust of wind blew our front door shut and I was locked out, barefoot, my one week old upstairs, plus it was the middle of the day and none of my neighbors were home. I flagged down a passing car and they called 911 on their cell. A fire truck pulled up less than 2 minutes later. A fireman climbed through an upstairs window I had left open a crack. When he opened the door downstairs he was smiling and said "Your son is still sleeping and I see you haven't made your bed yet." |
gemini
Citizen
Username: Gemini
Post Number: 273
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Friday, January 23, 2004 - 5:47 pm: | |
Both the maplewood police and FD totally rock. They have been at my house so many times, they know my kids names (false alarms, dumb things, one or two serious). Take a ride over to Millburn PD and see the difference ( the police are a bunch of napoleonic-comlex chief wannabees (sp??). Although the millburn FD isn't bad; they've let my kids in the station to check out the trucks. Maplewood PD and FD are the best.
Oh, when I had an animal in my attic, after calling the town, animal control (who laughed) and I can't remember who else, a police man came and went right up there (I gave him permission to shoot, we never found the critter until it died in a wall days later). Nice guy. |
mem
Citizen
Username: Mem
Post Number: 2666
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Monday, January 26, 2004 - 10:40 am: | |
http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/essex/index.ssf?/base/news-4/1074840772123260.xml |
Tom Reingold
Citizen
Username: Noglider
Post Number: 1857
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Monday, January 26, 2004 - 10:48 am: | |
Thanks for that story, mem.
I have a story I've been meaning to tell. On December 23, I was walking my dog when I saw what I thought was suspicious behavior on my street. Two cars full of young adults drove up my street very fast. Then they stopped and parked about 50 feet apart. Then they walked between the cars, then they sat in the cars.
I was really torn. I didn't want to falsely accuse anyone. My street is pretty much nothing but families with kids or old people. There are almost no young adults. I didn't see why they would sit in cars. Not that sitting in cars is wrong, but it's just not a typical place for it.
I thought about calling the police, but I didn't want them to know that I reported them, because if they are "bad guys" I feared retrobution.
I decided to call, because I figured if they were up to bad stuff and I didn't stop them, that would be a crime itself. I called from inside my house, saying it might be drug dealing. The police came and checked them out, found nothing wrong, and called me back. I was actually embarrassed, but the officer said no problem, and I could hear the ease in his voice. So I guess I did the right thing, but why did I feel so funny about it? Maybe it's because I lived for so long in NYC and fear of retrobution is more real?
Tom Reingold the prissy-pants
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Earlster
Citizen
Username: Earlster
Post Number: 112
Registered: 8-2003
| | Posted on Monday, January 26, 2004 - 11:32 am: | |
Tom,
so it was you who called the cops on me? Lock your doors at night.  |
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