Cops gripe about wacky 911 calls
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. - Only a third of 911 calls for help are actual emergencies, according to dispatchers who say some of the calls are simply wacky.
美国警方近日表示，在他们接到的所有911报警电话中，只有三分之一的电话是发生紧急情况拨打过来求救的，其它许多电话纯属稀奇古怪的捣乱电话。
"People have called because they went through the drive-thru and their order was wrong," said California Highway Patrol dispatcher Dennis Kirchner. "People call because they're lost."
美国加利福尼亚州公路巡警部门警力调派员丹尼斯·基尔施纳说：“人们有时打来电话只是因为他们驾车穿过汽车餐厅时排队的秩序乱了。还有人是因为他们迷路了。”
There are so many ridiculous calls, dispatchers don't recall many of the details. One, for instance, was a report of a tumbleweed across a highway."It's hard to remember the standouts because there's so many stupid things we get," Kirchner said.
许多滑稽可笑的电话让警方都想不起太多细节了，如一个人打电话说在公路上看到一株风滚草。基尔施纳说：“由于平时碰到的可笑的事情太多，以至于很难回忆有什么特别的。”
Terri Minogue, a senior dispatcher at the Santa Cruz Consolidated Emergency Communications Center, remembers a 911 call from a man who said there were two dead bodies in a car.
美国加州圣克鲁斯紧急情况联合通讯中心的高级警力调派员特里·米诺格表示，他记得一名男人打来911电话称在一辆汽车中发现了两具尸体。
Minogue had dispatched sheriff's deputies to the Highway 1 location before realizing the call was a sham. The caller went on to describe a vampire with fangs reaching down from the top of the car.
米诺格立即派遣当地治安官的助手前往位于1号公路的“事发地点”，但后来发现电话里所说的都是谎言。那个打电话的人后来继续来电说，一个嘴里长着毒牙的吸血鬼从他车顶倒挂在车前。
"He sounded so straight-up before he started talking about the vampires," Minogue said.
米诺格说：“在他谈到吸血鬼之前，他的话显得十分坦城。”
Still, emergency dispatchers have to treat every call like an emergency."When people call in we will document it, unless it's outrageously stupid," Kirchner said.
尽管出现了这些千奇百怪的事，但紧急调派员们仍然要把每一个打进来的电话都当做紧急情况来对待。基尔施纳说：“当有电话打入时我们将做记录，除非它听起来实在是荒唐得离谱。”
Outrageously stupid calls include people who have lost their cars at the mall, misplaced their keys, are stuck in traffic and want to know what's wrong or can't get their baby to stop crying.
这些“荒唐得离谱的电话”包括：有人在大型购物中心丢失了自己的汽车，有人找不到钥匙了，有人遇到路上塞车想知道原因，有人无法让孩子停止哭闹等。 |
