The apps do not translate the data into information, in most cases they simply receive and store data which can be forwarded to the police under certain circumstances.
Scott Gabriel Knowles is an expert in disaster and risk, he has written several papers and books on the cause of disasters and the risks found in the modern industrial era. He currently works as a professor at Drexel university and is a member of the Fukushima Forum collaborative research community.
This policy protects EMS and firefighters, a group not often considered a vulnerable population but often has to go into situations in which they are vulnerable to attack on very little information. The ability to defend themselves, although the policy specifically states that this is not an effort to stop sending police to medical and fire calls, can reduce the risk of responding to calls in areas that are known to be dangerous.
Dispatch relies on information given over the phone to determine the type and severity of an emergency, however sometimes the call isn’t exactly what the responding crew thinks.
**This call is entirely fictional**