A US woman who called 911 to get "the cutest cop I've seen" sent back
to her home got a date all right, a court date.
The same sheriff's deputy arrested her on
charges of misuse of the emergency dispatch system.
Washington County Sheriff's Sgt. David
Thompson told KGW-TV of Portland it all started with a noise complaint
called in last month by neighbors of Lorna Jeanne Dudash. The deputy sent
to check on the complaint knocked on her door, then left without leaving
anything.
Thompson said Dudash then called 911, asking that the "cutie pie" deputy return.
"He's the cutest cop I've seen in a long time. I just want to know his
name," Dudash told the dispatcher. "Heck, it doesn't come very often a
good man comes to your doorstep."
After listening to some more, followed by a bit of silence, the
dispatcher asked again why Dudash needed the deputy to return.
"Honey, I'm just going to be honest with you, OK? I just thought he was
cute. I'm 45 years old and I'd just like to meet him again, but I don't
know how to go about doing that without calling 911," she said.
"I know this is absolutely not in any way, shape or form an emergency,
but if you would give the officer my phone number and ask him to come
back, would you mind?"
The deputy returned, verified that there was no emergency and arrested
her for misusing the 911 system, an offense punishable by a fine of up to
several thousand dollars and a year in jail.
Thompson said it was the first case he knew of in which someone called
the emergency line for such a personal reason.
"That's taking up valuable time from dispatchers who could be taking
true emergency calls," he said.
(Agencies)