[George from New England]

Now just why would LEO or 911 accept a call from out of the area like this ???

Did the L.A. perp call 911 in L.A. ?

Just why can’t LEO track a call and avoid this situation ?

Make it mandatory for a call to originate within 1 mile of the suspected location. So simple even a geico lizard can do it.

[Rebelbase]

Almost everyone has a mobile phone today and area codes are meaningless.

[DoodleDawg]

Now just why would LEO or 911 accept a call from out of the area like this ???

My understanding is that these kind of calls are usually made to the police non-emergency number where the caller-ID blocking isn't such a big deal.

[BudgieRamone]

Ding dongs called a local substation non emergency number and got transferred to dispatch per an earlier article

[crusher2013]

The swatting calls are made through the Internet and can look like they originate from anywhere.

It’s why this is so dangerous.