Answering 911 Life in the Hot Seat

Name: Answering 911 Life in the Hot Seat
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ISBN: 9780873516020

ISBN-10: 0873516028

ISBN-13: 9780873516020

Edition: 2006

Authors: Caroline Burau

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"At a pace matching the flashing lights on a 911 console, Caroline Burau puts us in the hot seat and shows us the madness, the sadness, and the gallows humor of a profession that serves and protects in ways we never dream. And by telling us what goes on when the microphone is silent, she has taken the voice on the radio and given it heart." Michael Perry, author of "Population 485" and "Truck: A Love Story" "A witty, gritty look at life on the receiving end of our cries for help." "Reader's Digest" (Editor's Choice) You answer a call from a fourteen-year-old boy asking for someone to arrest his mother, who is smoking crack in their bathroom. You talk with him until the cops arrive, making…

Book details

List price: $16.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press
Publication date: 9/15/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 216
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 0.484



What It's Like


Destiny, or Something


On-the-Job Training


Joe Wilson


Power Phones


Lily


Good Neighbors


Friends in High Places


Anniversary


Jurisdiction


My Marsha


Kristen


Coppers


Hostages


Smucked


On the Night Shift


That Loving Feeling


Just Too Silly


Changes


Words


On Burnout


The Parenting Option


On Wannabes


DOA


The Job


Retirement


Wherever You Go


Full Circle


Acknowledgements