Re: Overheard on the scanner

On Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:22:27 GMT in rec.arts.sf.fandom,
djheydt@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (Dorothy J Heydt) 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.

The 911 system uses ANI billing system information which is separate
from Caller ID and is never blocked, even if Caller ID is blocked.

So also do 800 tollfree numbers that log caller info.
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