An Ohio woman called 911 to order pizza to save her mother from danger.
She used “ordering a pizza” as code to inform 911 operator that she needs help.
On November 13, a 911 dispatcher Tim Teneyck from Oregon, Ohio got a call from a woman ordering pizza and he got confused with the request. Fortunately, he used his brain and understood that the caller needs help in an alleged domestic abuse situation, the Toledo Blade reported.
“You called 911 to order a pizza?” Teneyck asks, according to 911 audio obtained by the Blade. “This is the wrong number to call for a pizza.”
“No, no, no, no, you’re not understanding,” the woman says after giving her apartment address.
“I’m getting you now,” Teneyck quickly replies. “We’ll get ’em going.”
Teneyck got the hint and he asked the woman if the other guy is still there to which woman replied ‘yes.’ The woman asked for a pepperoni pizza before Teneyck confirmed he is sending help.
He ordered the police to turn their sirens off before reaching the apartment because they did not want to alert the suspect that the police is there. When police reached the place, they arrested Simon Lopez, 56, who allegedly punched and pushed the caller’s mother.
Toledo Blade reported that the mother described Lopez as “disorderly, loud, verbally, and physically abusive.” According to Buzzfeed News, ‘’Lopez was charged on November 13 with domestic violence and disorderly conduct while intoxicated and remains in jail,’’ the Lucas County Sheriff’s Office confirmed to them.
Oregon Police Chief Michael Navarre praised dispatcher Teneyck for his quick thinking. “He picked up on a woman who was in distress, but was in a position where she couldn’t convey it to him in those words,” Navarre said. “And then he was able to ask her all the right questions without putting her in harm’s way.”
Teneyck advised people to call 911 when in such a situation. “The best thing to do is just have an open phone line and say as much as you can address and names until we can figure it all out,” Teneyck said.
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