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Woman disguises 911 call by ordering pizza

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Cited on HN 3 times, 2021–2026, never outright recommended score 0
Years with an HN recommendation, 2007–2026

Cited as a real example of coded language used to get help in emergency calls without alerting an abuser.

A local news report about a woman who ordered a pizza on a 911 call to discreetly signal domestic violence and give her address to the dispatcher. The coverage includes the actual dispatcher call.

“someone dialed 911 and proceeded to "order a pizza," thus giving them her address.” (HN, 2021)

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@shagie Oct 2021 Cites it
on HN thread Signal for Help
This is an item in the 911 operator game. The description of the call is [link] An example of the gameplay with that call is [link] And an actual dispatcher call [this video]
An actual dispatcher call

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