Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 6 months ago'Cyber terrorist' who reported fake 911 calls across US and Canada sentenced to prisonkomonews.comexternal-linkmessage-square58fedilinkarrow-up1357arrow-down16
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minus-squarelud@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down2·6 months ago If a police department gets tricked into Swatting an innocent party due to a fraudulent call to 911, the entire department should be disbanded and replaced with officers who do due diligence before busting people’s doors down. But what if it’s actually serious?
minus-squareHonkyTonkWoman@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·6 months agoYep. If the department ignores a call, believing it’s a hoax, & it turns out not be? Someone’s gonna shit the bed if that goes down.
But what if it’s actually serious?
Yep. If the department ignores a call, believing it’s a hoax, & it turns out not be?
Someone’s gonna shit the bed if that goes down.