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From: ch@dce.ie (Charles Bryant)
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Subject: Re: San Francisco P.D. and 911 Priorities
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djb@mailer.cc.fsu.edu (David Brightbill) writes:

>The door latches and stays locked until a fire or
>police person responds to the call and lets the citizen out.

And what if the phone has been vandalized so the citizen can't call
the emergency services? Is it just a totally stupid design or are
there further safeguards (like it is constantly on line to the police
who go out if the line is interrupted)?


Charles Bryant (ch@dce.ie)