• pound_heap@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    5 months ago

    In my state there is a law that makes false call to 911 a criminal offense. If someone says “there is a bomb” on such call, that makes it more serious offence because this will cause public alarm. If the person making such call is stupid enough to do it from their phone, they will likely be identified and prosecuted. And people doing stupid things tend to be that stupid.

    I’m not sure about damages caused by the raid, though. SWAT doesn’t know if the threat is real or not, so they can’t be held liable. Probably the victim can sue the caller, if they’ve been found…

    • HasturInYellow@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      How about the police do, idk, like 5 min of police work to verify literally any part of the story first?

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        5 months ago

        Exactly, like asking “is the caller even in the same area? Who lives there? Is this place usually agitated?” Which seems like they would need to know before going in anyway…

      • CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works
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        5 months ago

        Exactly. They treat this like a bomb threat when the perpetrator gets arrested, but completely gloss over the fact that the police are “the bomb” in this scenario and as human beings, they have full agency over their own actions. They should most definitely spend 5 minutes to determine the real situation but they dont because they never face accountability and just go off of whatever some random caller told them, especially when it means playing soldier.