Admittingly, some of the snafus that have been encountered with the new 911 system have had the potential to be deadly. That happened on a Friday evening, at the busiest shift time of day for the police department. Supervisors in the 16th and 17th districts ordered their squad cars to put their flashing lights on and drive slowly through neighborhoods to help residents contact authorities should they need help. Some officers were very upset over that incident. Some say that there has been some repetitive problems, such as constant busy signals for callers of 911.
Many officers say that the city is moving too quickly on the project.
Officials at the new 911 center said that this is happening because there was some inaccurate geographic information programmed into the computer software. The project coordinator for the new system, William Corbett, said that the problems encountered have been minor and would be rectified in the coming months. We have the next generation. We get better by the hour. Corbett said that it would probably take a good six months to iron out some of the bugs.