Damn homie!
The 911 operator who answered the infamous call from one of the women held for a decade by Cleveland kidnapper Ariel Castro was reprimanded on Friday for hanging up on Amanda Berry before police arrived.
Much of the public criticized the operator for her unsympathetic tone on the call and according to a disciplinary letter sent to the four-year veteran dispatcher Jack Purdy, the City of Cleveland found he ‘improperly handled a 911 call, failing to remain on the line with the victim until officers arrived on the scene.’
Since, the dispatcher had pleaded ‘no contest’ at a hearing last month but on Friday, he was informed that a letter of discipline would be placed in the his personnel file for three years.
Bureau of Communications Commander Thomas Stacho said in the letter to Purdy that he could have demonstrated:
“more empathy and could have been more compassionate in your dealing with Ms. Berry.”
Stacho added:
‘Without question, you should have kept her on the line as I believe that that simple, required act would have enhanced her sense of safety,’
Agreed.
SOURCE: NewsNet5
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