Monday, February 11, 2008

Woman called 911 for "cutie" cop

A woman who called 911 in Oregon in 2006 to request "the cutest cop I've seen" sent back to her home got a date all right - a court date.

The same cop arrested her on charges of misuse of the emergency dispatch system. Washington County Sheriff's Sgt. David Thompson said it all started with a noise complaint called in by neighbors of Lorna Dudash. The deputy was sent to check on the complaint, knocked on her door, then left.

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. (info from Pantagraph.com)

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