On Thu, 08 May 2008 21:40:32 GMT, Periander <4rubbish@britwar.co.uk>
wrote:
>Cynic wrote in
>news:kph624dfhhplo9dm63nr6gedo0f2243aa6@4ax.com:
>
>>
>> I suspect that in your case the 999 operator may have had a dyslexic
>> moment and read "Suffolk" instead of "Sus." on the console or
>> perhaps pressed the button marked "Police, Suffolk" instead of the
>> button marked "Police, Sus." or similar. Or maybe passed your
>> location verbally to the police, and the police operator misheard.
>> The caller's number is always passed so that you can be called back if
>> cut off.
>
>The most likely situation. Just to clarify, a 999 call is first answered by
>a BT/NTL/whoever operator, they get the number of the phone making the call
>but nothing else. Only after the call is passed to the emergency service
>operator police/fire etc can a cell site/location trace be undertook.
IIUC a 999 call is sent to the nearest operator to the cell, so a 999
operator in Sus. wouold not be getting emergency call made from a
cellphone in Es.. BICBW - many things have changed in recent years.
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Cynic
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