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HEAR IT: 911 operator CLEARED after berating drowning woman

 HEAR IT: 911 operator CLEARED after berating drowning woman
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A 911 dispatcher in Arkansas who berated a woman, as she drowned in August, was cleared of all wrongdoing in a recently-completed internal review. The Fort Smith Police Department and Fire Department’s investigation likely means former Fort Smith dispatcher Donna Reneau will not face charges. Debbie Stevens, 47, who was trapped as floodwaters surrounded her …

‘That will teach you next time’: Newspaper driver dies in flood water after 911 operator scolds her, implies she should have known better
August 31, 2019

‘That will teach you next time’: Newspaper driver dies in flood water after 911 operator scolds her, implies she should have known better

An Arkansas woman who died last weekend during a flood pleaded for help from a 911 operator, who told the terrified caller to “shut up” and made other disturbing comments, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports. Last Saturday, Debra Stevens (pictured left), 47, was delivering newspapers when floodwaters swept her vehicle away in Forth Smith, Arkansas. Newly …