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Woman disguises 911 call by ordering pizza

Woman disguises 911 call by ordering pizza

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About this video

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.

Why it appears in the archive

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

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From the Hacker News discussion

shagie · 2021-10 · reference

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 [VIDEO]

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DoreenMichele · 2021-11 · reference

Your comment reminds me of a video clip I saw where someone dialed 911 and proceeded to "order a pizza," thus giving them her address. She got lucky and the dispatcher was fairly quick to figure it out and didn't hang up on her. [VIDEO]

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olalonde · 2026-08 · reference

People also sometimes talk in coded language to avoid alerting suspects. I'm not sure LLMs would be capable to pick up on that. Example: [VIDEO]

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