Re: Overheard on the scanner

In article <K053tF.6wz@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
Dorothy J Heydt <djheydt@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>Around here the 911 system will note the caller's phone number
>and, if possible, find out the location from that.  Still, if he
>has Caller ID Blocked (as so many in California do) or is on his
>cell phone, that's not gonna help.

I think that you are in error in the US.  I know that Caller ID
Blocking is not obeyed by toll-free calls (1-8NN), and I believe that
911 is handled the same way in general.
<http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/consumerfacts/wireless911srvc.html>
is a page
on the incoming FCC requirements for location transmission for mobile
phones.

-- 
Tim McDaniel, tmcd@[EMAIL PROTECTED]