Problems With Dialing 911
The police can’t send out a patrol car for every 911 call. Sheriff Block states that half of the 50,000 “emergency” calls to East Los Angeles station are pranks or other non-emergencies. Why don’t we, the public, use the system properly?
DARIN BARBER
Whittier
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