
Woman disguises 911 call by ordering pizza
About this video
A local news report about a woman who ordered a pizza on a 911 call to discreetly signal domestic violence and give her address to the dispatcher. The coverage includes the actual dispatcher call.
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Cited as a real example of coded language used to get help in emergency calls without alerting an abuser.
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From the Hacker News discussion
This is an item in the 911 operator game. The description of the call is [LINK] An example of the gameplay with that call is [LINK] And an actual dispatcher call [VIDEO]
Read original comment ↗Your comment reminds me of a video clip I saw where someone dialed 911 and proceeded to "order a pizza," thus giving them her address. She got lucky and the dispatcher was fairly quick to figure it out and didn't hang up on her. [VIDEO]
Read original comment ↗People also sometimes talk in coded language to avoid alerting suspects. I'm not sure LLMs would be capable to pick up on that. Example: [VIDEO]
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