911 In Oakland, 911 is a joke Jason Weisberger

911 Woman finds intruder asleep on her sofa, 911 operator suggests waking him David Pescovitz

crimes Man arrested for repeatedly calling 911 to report that he's "tired" David Pescovitz

insects Please stop calling 911 about cicadas David Pescovitz

florida Decapitated store mannequin washes up on Florida beach, horrifying onlookers Kevin Reome

police Police: Don't call 911 when you run out of toilet paper David Pescovitz

gwot One of the CIA's waterboarding torturers called himself "The Preacher" and shouted religious nonsense while performing executions Cory Doctorow

911 Smart 911 operator realizes a caller asking for a pizza is reporting domestic abuse Mark Frauenfelder

police Amazon's secret deals with local cops give them access to realtime 911 data for use in scary alerts sent to Ring owners Cory Doctorow

new york Watch: Jon Stewart breaks down while advocating for 9-11 first responders, at Congress hearing Xeni Jardin

crime Burglar breaks into escape room but can't break out Séamus Bellamy

christmas 5-year-old boy calls 911 to rat out the Grinch stealing Christmas, ends in arrest Rusty Blazenhoff

Space Photo of New York City from space on September 11, 2001 David Pescovitz

politics Congress makes public long-secret 28 pages of 9/11 report that detail possible Saudi link to Al Qaeda hijackers Xeni Jardin

Delightful Creatures 911 call from NJ postmaster: "I have a carrier that's being attacked by wild turkeys" Mark Frauenfelder

police NYC to assign civilian to monitor NYPD counterterrorism Xeni Jardin