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911 Dispatcher Caught Playing Games On Duty…Yet Again

Can't even put down the damn device when you're supposed to be on emergency duty, huh?

According to a WPBF report (via NeoGAF ), Palm Beach County, Florida communications training officer Charles Morris was caught playing handheld video games while on duty in October.

And it was the third time he'd been caught doing it. Yeah. You fail.

Calls were actually delayed due to this guy's inability to put down the game and as cited in the report: "In one such instance, a hit-and-run incident in Lake Park was held for 40 minutes before being dispatched." Separately, another call following a shooting was held for nine minutes before Morris got a unit to respond to the scene.

And as this is the third documented instance of Morris neglecting his responsibilities (recorded in only one year between October 2014 and October 2015), I'd say it's probably time for him to go. This isn't excusable.

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Draguss
Draguss
8 years ago

…why hadn't he already been fired already?

Ben Dutka PSXE
Ben Dutka PSXE
8 years ago

Darn good question. The answer is that you can't freakin' fire anyone these days.

WorldEndsWithMe
WorldEndsWithMe
8 years ago

probably nobody wants to do that job.

Jed
Jed
8 years ago

I'm not sure if 911 operator is a government job, but it is he'll probably be getting a raise son.

BikerSaint
BikerSaint
8 years ago

With lives being put on the line due to his inactions, it shouldn't have been more than a "two strikes & you're out" rule for him.

So I see this is as being as much the fault of his superiors as it was his too.

Fire all their negligent malfeasant a*ses

And give him new job cleaning urinals at some homeless shelter, where he can be watched 24/7.


Last edited by BikerSaint on 1/1/2016 10:35:06 PM

WorldEndsWithMe
WorldEndsWithMe
8 years ago

That's why we need turn based. You can just wait while you do what you need to do.

BikerSaint
BikerSaint
8 years ago

Unfortunately for me, I still dislike turn-based.
And that's probably why all of the Final Fantasy's & their TB'ed type never resonated with me.
Hell, I can't even get past the 1st hour on any of the FF's back from FFVII & FF Tactics, to FFXIII(haven't bought the newer ones for my collection yet).

But the good news is that even though I've always said that I hated RPG's, I've now learned to like RPG's(as long as they're like Dragon's Dogma, Skyrim, & Kingdom of Alamar: reckoning, just to name a few).

WorldEndsWithMe
WorldEndsWithMe
8 years ago

Well it's not for everyone Saint, I dunno if it's the longer battles or what but back in the day it was kinda nice if you had a half hour chest thumping boss battle that took all your smarts you could just leave it on his turn and go take a piss if you had to, or refuel on soda 🙂

or answer 911


Last edited by WorldEndsWithMe on 1/2/2016 9:16:18 AM

Underdog15
Underdog15
8 years ago

This is unusual. There are far more shootings in real life US than in CoD. Heyoo! *cries*

WorldEndsWithMe
WorldEndsWithMe
8 years ago

badum ching

Underdog15
Underdog15
8 years ago

Thought I'd try humour. Common sense doesn't work… might as well try, I guess.

WorldEndsWithMe
WorldEndsWithMe
8 years ago

I try too, makes people mad but screw em!

Underdog15
Underdog15
8 years ago

Careful. They might shoot you… ;p

The stupidest thing I ever heard was the friggin' idea that the only way to stop a bad guy with a gun is with a good guy with a gun…

Like Mr. Jefferies says… there's only one legit reason to argue for the right to keep a gun. It's not a good reason, but it's all you've got… And that's this: "F&(& off…. I like guns!"

TrueAssassin86x
TrueAssassin86x
8 years ago

Wow smh

Rogueagent01
Rogueagent01
8 years ago

In many industries i can understand him making it to a third strike. However in the industry he works in seconds can be the difference between life and death so to me if your caught once doing something like this then you should lose your job.


Last edited by Rogueagent01 on 1/2/2016 1:46:05 PM

BikerSaint
BikerSaint
8 years ago

And he's a "training officer", which makes it a million times worse!!!!!!

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