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Evolve: Part II
The Henderson County Sheriff’s Office will now accept 911 calls via text. I’d lapse into a rant of alphabet soup, were it not for the above caption.
Emergency telephone number
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What not to tell someone who just was randomly shot at
According to WECT, a 911 dispatcher was suspended for three days without pay for “unprofessional conduct” in advising a scared driver outside Chadbourn, N.C., “Don’t ever stop there, ever.” Officials told…
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Stats Are for Molecules
The Henderson County Sheriff’s Office is conducting a customer satisfaction survey of 4500 random addressees. Surveys annoy me. They ask people weird questions on subjects they would never consider in…
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PSA
The police department at Appalachian State University received a report about a dude impersonating a police officer. Advice for the public has changed with technology. Before, people could just ask…
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Everyone Loves the King of the Sea
The Town of Blowing Rock recently went against the grain and voted against entering into an agreement for consolidating 911 services with Watauga County. Thanks to an “intimidation list” and…
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Who You Gonna Call?
911 was not working today in parts of Buncombe County.
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Direction of Watauga County Budget
The Watauga County Commissioners appear to favor decreasing the fund balance by $6.13 million to increase funding for: “technology needs” pool repair animal control 911 communications upgrades a “document management…
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Little Prediction on the New Mint Hill High
Mint Hill town officials are going to keep very close tabs on any 911 calls coming from the school and not duck opportunities to embarrass CMS. CMS, in turn, will…
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Re: A really bad habit
George, The phenomenon you describe is illustrated well by the saying: “There oughta be a law!” I’ve noted this example before, but the book Getting America Right includes the silly…
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Something bugging me about the Duke lacrosse slurring incident
Let me say from the outset that this is in no way to make light of the greater issue of gang rape, which is horrible (one has to add the…