
Oops! Some of the best intentions don’t pan out quite the expected way.
Some twenty plus Cuyahoga County, Ohio communities have instituted what, on the surface, seemed to be a perfectly reasonable nuisance policy for the use of 911 calling, targeting high crime neighbourhoods. A ‘three strikes and you’re out’ kind of program, those who make too many calls to 911 face fines, even eviction from public housing.
However, a recent study by Cleveland State University students has uncovered some disturbing consequences of the program, including the repression of calls to report domestic violence.
Read more in at cleveland.com: Nuisance laws penalize residents for 911 calls