Got the strangest call from the local PD this morning.

[EricTheBald]

About 7:30 this am the phone rang.

"Hello, this is the Ramapo Police Dept..."

The message was a recorded message, I assume sent using a WarDialer, to notify people in the area about a missing EDP.



I was semi-annoyed because I generally sleep 12-8, but it was a legitimate good cause so I couldn't be too angry.


Just wondering if auto-dial notifications like this are used by a lot of depts.

[Scruit]

EDP?

[txinvestigator1]

Emotionally Disturbed Person

[Stump]

We started this last year. Two years ago we had a train crash in a residential area (about 3/4 mile from my house!!!), and we started the system after that to warn people to stay indoors/evacuate, etc. A few months ago a tanker truck crashed and exploded in another residential area, so we tried to implement the system, but the fire raged too much.

We have a nuclear power plant, so we had a call system for that in place, but that is different.

Unfortunately, we have had the group phone call system in place for all the employees in my dept for a few years now. :(

[nickg]

Originally posted by txinvestigator1
Emotionally Disturbed Person

the sirens and whistles would be going off 24 hours a day in my town!! :D

[Kenpokev]

Nick, I didn't know you lived here! :D

Realistically, that could be quite a system if they fired it off for every bolo or 1096 (EDP) running loose. I do like the disaster function, it makes sense.

[Scruit]

Originally posted by txinvestigator1
Emotionally Disturbed Person

Awww, crap. Did my mother-in-law get out again?

[EHStaley]

What are the legal specifics to classify someone as a EDP? All kidding aside, curiosity has gotten the better of me.

[mcsap]

We have no such means. If we do this it will be by the PA system on the patrol car.

When I work 3 rd shift I turn the phone off in my bedroom and wear foam earplugs. Call all you want , I won't hear a thing.;)

[Jynkxxie]

Originally posted by txinvestigator1
Emotionally Disturbed Person

3250.

I can honestly say this has never happened to me.

[Orleander]

See now I like the idea of getting a phone call. I haven't seen the 'emergency broadcast' test warning in a while, so maybe my town has gone to this. I wonder if the Emergency Broadcast thing was used on 9/11.