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  • Police: Do Not Call Us if Facebook Is Down (911 Inundated; FEMA Needed)

    08/01/2014 2:13:17 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 67 replies
    WFSB ^ | Aug 01, 2014 | Rob Polansky
    An officer from Los Angeles County took to Twitter on Friday when Facebook users called for help to report that the social media website was down. Sgt. Burton Brink, the public information officer in La Crescenta, CA, posted a Tweet reminding people about the reasons for calling them for help. "#Facebook is not a Law Enforcement issue, please don't call us about it being down, we don't know when FB will be back up!" he wrote. Users who tried to get on Facebook around noon EST were greeted with an apology. "Sorry, something went wrong. We're working on getting this...
  • Joel Klein Vows Probe of Queen's School's 911 Edict (911 Emergency Calls Banned "for any reason")

    09/14/2007 6:56:08 AM PDT · by DogByte6RER · 9 replies · 409+ views
    NY Daily News ^ | Tuesday, September 11th 2007 | JESS WISLOSKI, CARRIE MELAGO and ERIN EINHORN
    Joel Klein vows probe of Queen's school's 911 edict BY JESS WISLOSKI, CARRIE MELAGO and ERIN EINHORN DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS Tuesday, September 11th 2007, 4:00 AM Schools Chancellor Joel Klein yesterday vowed to investigate a Queens high school policy that may have cost a teen girl her health. The Daily News reported yesterday an official at Jamaica High School barred school deans from calling 911 in an emergency - just weeks before 14-year-old Mariya Fatima suffered a stroke her family says could have been less devastating. Klein called this a violation of Department of Education policy and instructions he...