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From: djb@mailer.cc.fsu.edu (David Brightbill)
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Subject: Re: San Francisco P.D. and 911 Priorities
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Date: 11 Oct 90 07:22:43 GMT
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One technology which has been experimented with to solve the pay phone
false alarm problem is a fire alarm kiosk which a user has to enter
and close the door.  The door latches and stays locked until a fire or
police person responds to the call and let's the citizen out.  There
are a ton of obvious disadvantages having to do with civil liberty,
etc.  One benefit is for folks being attacked by muggers.  They can
pop into a kiosk and hang out till help comes.  If memory serves, the
kiosks were tried in a large NE city about four or five years ago.


Davie Brightbill