It's good to know she comes from such a loving stable home, and gets all the attention she wants, or needs. Your post nascrsgrl73, only brings one question to mind, which you may think is none of mine or anyone else's business, but as a mother of 3, who has had to rely on the 911 system many times, I believe it is my business. So my question is, why was everything not being done after the 1st time she did it, which may have prevented the 2nd situation? Someday you, your daughter, or your family may actually need 911, and I sure hope they are not too busy on a wild goose chase, and have to put you on the back burner, like so many were during your daughters prank.

This comment is coming after reading all of the other comments, because I am the parent of the girl that did this. I would like everyone to know that first of all, she comes from a home with 2 parents that both have full time jobs to support their family. My daughter receives a lot of attention, even though I work a full time job. I'm a very devoted mother to my children and was not aware that this was even happening, and everything is being done so it doesn't happen again.

For all u people who thinks they no ever thing u dont her family and her home life so what makes u think u can pass judgements on any one

Talk about the girl who cried wolf. I too heard this being played out, and even though it was quit obvious the cops knew they were on a wild goose chase, they still had to do their job til they found her. This is a case of a teenagers stupid prank going way to far, and while they were trying to locate her, several other calls were put on hold.

JasonTh, the "Enhanced 911" (E911) system can forward GPS coordinates to the 911 center, but there are a number of issues. The GPS may not be calibrated properly (ever had your car unit show you driving in the middle of a building?), signals may be garbled or blocked, the phone may be old and need to be triangulated (much less exact), and so forth. The civilian GPS system is deliberately "fudged" in comparison to military GPS and this is reflected in this issue.
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I was contacted once about a false 911 mobile call in my neighborhood. Basically they send a handful of cops to the general area and they start knocking on doors, even if it's 2 a.m. They can only ask, they can't be sure if you say no that you're not lying.
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Note that phones can even access 911 if the account is turned off and the ESN is de-registered. This means the phone company may not have any subscriber information. (By the way, this is a safety tip. If you can't even afford a prepaid phone, you can still use somebody's old phone to call 911.)
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Punishment is likely to be through the county restitution program, despite the 19th-century attitudes of some posters here.

1. Why did it take six people almost 40 minutes to get a GPS location on a call? Is this normal for emergency calls?

2. Using GPS and "other methods"... what other methods did they try?

3. The crime fits the punishment, however, I'd like to see her pay for the wasted time of the 911 call center.

I completely understand your point, janesvillian. But, I have to say that I agree with janesvillecomments.
I don't know one teenager (especially a female one) who hasn't had some sort of a hard time. Everyone did, on some level, when growing up. Being a teenager is difficult, but it is difficult for everyone, and not everyone pulls ridiculous stunts like this. I shudder to think of what my father would have done to me had I done this. It would have been a lot worst than community service.
While you may not think she needs "hard labor", I think she does. She definitley has illustrated that she has too much time on her hands, and has chosen to use it in a very destructive manner. I think that putting her to work in the community--which could really use the extra volunteerism right now--would help instill a sense of worth in this young lady. Something she is clearly lacking.

Great idea, janesvillecomments. This could be applied to "Huber" prisoners as well so their "jail terms" would no longer be a cakewalk.

Good grief. This kid needs help and counseling, not hard labor.

Put her in a "juve" road gang. Instead of just taking up space in juvenile detention, put her and similar teen misfits out on the streets in orange jump suits, picking up litter, cleaning up flood damage, etc. Assign the number hours of work by taking the money spent by law enforcement tracking her down and dividing it by the per-hour of minimum wage.
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That would be for first offense, subsequent offenses each reduce the minimum wage figure by $1 until they get down to $1 or less. Use that formula for crimes of theft or vandalism, the dollar value for compensation or clean-up.
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The county could shop the "road gang" out to events which leave a lot of litter behind, or if communities or businesses want to hire them from the county at a reduced rate (to cover the cost of the guards, transportation, etc) for any messy clean-up jobs they want handled cheaply.
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If the kids refuse to work, they sit on the truck or bus bumper in the orange jump suit while those that will work are busy, but no time is taken off their sentence. They can sit there until they turn 18.

yust...a.k.a. just!........Sorry about that! lol! :)

From what I've heard from parents who are going thru 'THESE YEARS' <lol! :) >, the juvenile DC here is OVERCROWDED & even when/"IF" a child is "sentenced" to 10 days there...the DC is trying to "persuade" the parents to sign them out by Day 2!!! (Just 2!??...As if the "UNLIMITED" collect calls the DC allows these children to make <& TO ANYONE!!!~NOT just FAMILY anymore!!!> in yust a day's period wasn't "BAD" enough... :( :( :( !!!) By Day 7 (...of a court ordered 10-day sentence), they're RELEASED by the DC. THE DC!!!! What is wrong with THAT picture?!!?!!???? :(

By the way this is a more common problem than most realize. 911 cell phone hang-ups are every single day, and only some are legitimate.

People are thinking on the right track. However, going to the Detention Center is and should be a last resort in reaching kids with troubles. Mainly it further desensitizes them, as they are now around other (usually worse) kids and come out of there with a new chip on their shoulders. She should be made to pay back her 'debt' to the community, and have the ideal of what she did wrong repeated to her as well as having to report to a Juvenile probation officer, and maybe home detention. Whatever the case, you don't want to loose her in the system, trust me. But I agree, you can't let it slide.

Confession...when I was in middle school, I was hanging out after school with some friends and we dialed 911, hung up immediately...then scattered when police actually showed up. Stupid, stupid, stupid. I know that.
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You coulnd't have blamed my parents, I wasn't mentally screwed up, and I wasn't looking for attention. We were just screwing around and being stupid kids. Now I know what this girl did is a bit more extreme, but no one in here can make assumptions about her parents or home situation.
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I say let her spend some time in the detention center and THEY can determine if she needs counseling or if her home life needs to be adjusted. Or we'll just find out that she's a bored, bratty teenage who thought she was being funny and just needs a wake up call. I guarantee you that 2 weeks in the DC will straighten her out.

go figure, people would blame the parents, mental issues, this girl needs to be held accountable for those actions, if one thinks she has such mental issues, then she needs to quit taking up space at the detention center, and be moved to mendota mental health institution. im sure they have a basement there they can lock her in.

I agree with truecitizen. She needs to learn that even at 14 her actions have consequences. At 14 she should know 911 is ONLY for emergencies, not thrills. Get her any help she needs, and then as a parent I'd arrange for her to pay back what was lost in trying to locate her. I'd ask the police to be patient and have her work whatever odd jobs she needed to in order to pay them back, even at 20 dollars a month. Forget the trips to McDonald's and new ringtones for her cell phone. She'll need that money to pay back what she caused.

Regardless of causation (parents etc) or "starved for affection", her actions can't be accepted and she needs to be made to understand with appropriate consequences. These 911 hang-ups with cell phones turn into a cat and mouse game for police, and is so completely uaccepatable behavior. The 911 system is designed to help people and save lives and property--not for a stupid game. Anyone whos knows of someone doing this should turn them in immediately. Hopefully the kid's future doesn't involve more of the same behavior.

Arrest the parents? Are you kidding me? Do you even know if the parents had any clue about what was going on?
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As for her having 'obvious mental issues', what if she was just getting a thrill out of breaking the rules? She got away with it once, maybe more times, and she gets a kick out of it. Hardly does that constitute a mental disturbance.

I know, really lock her in a basement.

time and money wasted on this.

Arrest the idiot parents for allowing this to continue!! And take away the cell phone from the irresponsible kid! I hope the parents get a bill for the ENTIRE ammount of time and money wated on this.

The girl is starving for attention, and using what resources she knows will get her attention, even if it is negative attention. There is something going on with in the family life that this is a cry for help. I just hope she can get the help she needs, and be able to live a productive life.

She needs some serious help and there must be some underlying problem in girls life.... check the home situation and get her help!!!! There is something definately wrong with this kid..........

she obviously has mental issues. she needs some counseling. Sounds like she isn't getting the attention she needs from her parents.

Lock her up!