From the Poststar.com
Fake emergency call
Warren County officials revealed today that someone broke into the county’s emergency radio network one night last week and falsely reported a rollover car crash.
The Warren County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the incident, during which someone called over the county rescue squad frequency to report a car crash. The person called over the radio system three times, but did not identify himself or say where the supposed emergency was.
It set off a frantic search around the county for a crash scene, said Brian LaFlure, Warren County’s director of emergency services. None was found, and now police are trying to figure out who was behind the hoax.
County officials have released tapes of the radio transmissions to local rescue squads and fire departments to try to identify the voice, LaFlure said.
There are a number of interesting issues here, which I’ll explore for a story in tomorrow’s paper.
— Don Lehman
Fake emergency call
Warren County officials revealed today that someone broke into the county’s emergency radio network one night last week and falsely reported a rollover car crash.
The Warren County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the incident, during which someone called over the county rescue squad frequency to report a car crash. The person called over the radio system three times, but did not identify himself or say where the supposed emergency was.
It set off a frantic search around the county for a crash scene, said Brian LaFlure, Warren County’s director of emergency services. None was found, and now police are trying to figure out who was behind the hoax.
County officials have released tapes of the radio transmissions to local rescue squads and fire departments to try to identify the voice, LaFlure said.
There are a number of interesting issues here, which I’ll explore for a story in tomorrow’s paper.
— Don Lehman