Read more 911 call stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/4190/911-call.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 11:46:48 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/68067/sheriff-sorry-for-missing-jaycee-case.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Sheriff of Contra Costa County apologized to Jaycee Lee Dugard’s family today for not investigating the case earlier, the Los Angeles Times reports. Sheriff Warren Rupf said a 911 caller warned years ago that children were living in tents in Phillip Garrido's backyard. But a deputy responding to the...http://www.newser.com/story/68067/sheriff-sorry-for-missing-jaycee-case.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 28 Aug 2009 16:21:38 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66188/iowa-911-now-accepts-texts.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAn emergency call center in the basement of the county jail in Waterloo, Iowa, today became the first in the country to accept text messages sent to 911. "I think there's a need to get out front and get this technology available," the county's police chief says, adding that 911...http://www.newser.com/story/66188/iowa-911-now-accepts-texts.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 05 Aug 2009 14:18:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65822/gates-sends-flowers-to-911-caller.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Cambridge woman whose 911 call sparked a national uproar over racial profiling received flowers and a note from her neighbor, Henry Louis Gates, yesterday, the Boston Herald reports. It was "an expression of gratitude," her lawyer says. Lucia Whalen, who never mentioned race when she called the police about...http://www.newser.com/story/65822/gates-sends-flowers-to-911-caller.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 01 Aug 2009 5:05:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65610/espns-andrews-to-911-im-being-treated-like-britney.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAs if being videotaped in hotel rooms weren't bad enough, ESPN's Erin Andrews now has to deal with reporters outside her Georgia home, the New York Post reports. "I'm being treated like fucking Britney Spears and it sucks," she complains to a 911 dispatcher. After describing herself as the "girl...http://www.newser.com/story/65610/espns-andrews-to-911-im-being-treated-like-britney.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 29 Jul 2009 21:15:06 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65591/caller-in-gates-arrest-didnt-mention-race.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Massachusetts woman who called 911 on Henry Louis Gates and his chauffeur as they wrestled with the Harvard professor’s front door said today she never mentioned race to Sgt. James Crowley, the officer who arrested Gates. Lucia Whalen’s statement contradicts the police report filed by Crowley, which states that...http://www.newser.com/story/65591/caller-in-gates-arrest-didnt-mention-race.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 29 Jul 2009 14:20:59 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65411/cops-release-gates-arrest-tapes.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIn audio from the arrest of Henry Louis Gates Jr, released today by Cambridge police, the arresting officer tells the dispatcher to “keep the cars coming” as he faces an “uncooperative” suspect, the Boston Herald reports. An earlier tape reveals the 911 call in the case, in which a Harvard...http://www.newser.com/story/65411/cops-release-gates-arrest-tapes.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 27 Jul 2009 13:00:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62944/911-call-jackson-wasnt-breathing.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAn emergency caller from Michael Jackson's home yesterday said he wasn't breathing or responding to efforts to revive him. The Los Angeles Fire Department released the audio of the 911 call today. The caller reported that Jackson—whose name he didn't use—was on a bed, wasn't breathing, and wasn't...http://www.newser.com/story/62944/911-call-jackson-wasnt-breathing.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 26 Jun 2009 13:59:14 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61409/the-craziest-911-calls-from-burgers-to-pot-brownies.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTime counts down the top 10 weirdest non-emergency 911 calls. Among the craziest: A cop who stole pot from a drug bust and made brownies. After getting stoned, he called 911 in a panic. "I think we're dead," he told the operator. "Time is going by really really really really...http://www.newser.com/story/61409/the-craziest-911-calls-from-burgers-to-pot-brownies.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 09 Jun 2009 20:23:58 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59435/911-tape-captures-last-pleas-of-drowning-woman.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA 911 tape released yesterday reveals the last moments of a woman desperately trying to direct rescuers to her car as it submerged in floodwaters, the AP reports. The 49-year-old Oklahoma woman told operators she had her nose against the car’s roof. “Please hurry, because I'm running out of air...http://www.newser.com/story/59435/911-tape-captures-last-pleas-of-drowning-woman.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 19 May 2009 6:17:00 CDT