Dispatcher disciplined for dismissing call

Published April 27, 2007 4:00am ET



A District of Columbia dispatcher was disciplined after she shrugged off the call of a Capitol Hill East woman who reported that a group of teenagers assaulted her 70-year-old neighbor.

The incident happened earlier this month, when a woman who lives near 11th and G streets Southeast called 911 to report that a group of kids pushed and punched her elderly neighbor.

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