Current Events > Do police make any effort to verify "swatting" calls?

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LordMarshal
08/25/22 2:26:32 PM
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They act like they really dont and dont care if its fake and will respond all the same.

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LinkDaLunatic
08/25/22 2:28:09 PM
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They WILL respond all the same. The time they would spend verifying the legitimacy of a call is precious moments where someone could die as a direct result of a delayed response.
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Tyranthraxus
08/25/22 2:30:25 PM
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LinkDaLunatic posted...
They WILL respond all the same. The time they would spend verifying the legitimacy of a call is precious moments where someone could die as a direct result of a delayed response.
Someone at the station should be trying to verify the call and relay to the police if they think it's suspicious or fraudulent.

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Lordgold666
08/25/22 2:30:59 PM
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Cant they trace where these calls come from? Throw the people who pull this shit behind bars

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Butterfiles
08/25/22 2:31:35 PM
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Do police make any effort

Generally, no

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ellis123
08/25/22 2:32:20 PM
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Lordgold666 posted...
Cant they trace where these calls come from? Throw the people who pull this shit behind bars
Yes and no. Because of all of the protections that allow for phone companies to be extremely lazy it is trivially easy to spoof a phone location/number.


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CADE_FOSTER
08/25/22 2:32:43 PM
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Butterfiles posted...
Do police make any effort

Generally, no

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K181
08/25/22 2:33:46 PM
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Police when they receive a swatting call:

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/1/4/3/AABj3cAADmgP.jpg

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Octans
08/25/22 2:36:00 PM
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LinkDaLunatic posted...
They WILL respond all the same. The time they would spend verifying the legitimacy of a call is precious moments where someone could die as a direct result of a delayed response.

Someone could die? Like when they bust in and shoot them an excessive amount of times?

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HANGtheDJ_86
08/25/22 2:37:34 PM
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I've heard call records where they try to verify what color the house is and what kind of car is in front of it

Of course that solution is far from perfect. And wtf are they supposed to do if the caller suddenly hangs up

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LordMarshal
08/25/22 3:16:25 PM
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So when someones been swatted before and they answer another call for same residence just the same..

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Esrac
08/25/22 3:20:59 PM
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LordMarshal posted...
So when someones been swatted before and they answer another call for same residence just the same..

What I've seen from some streamers is they contact the police and basically tell them "Hey. I'm a youtuber/twitcher/Podcaster/etc. This is my address. There are people online that might try to call a fake swat in on me. Please be aware of that."

I saw it happen on a Mr Metokur stream a month or two ago. Police knocked on his door midstream, but the situation didn't escalate because he had spoken to them beforehand.
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LordMarshal
08/25/22 3:22:48 PM
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Esrac posted...
What I've seen from some streamers is they contact the police and basically tell them "Hey. I'm a youtuber/twitcher/Podcaster/etc. This is my address. There are people online that might try to call a fake swat in on me. Please be aware of that."

I saw it happen on a Mr Metokur stream a month or two ago. Police knocked on his door midstream, but the situation didn't escalate because he had spoken to them beforehand.

But dont try this with normal cases?

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