Communications: "Units be advised... the caller requests you not use lights and sirens in her neighborhood."
This drives me CRAZY. Likely a bit more than it should.
You called 911. Simply by that act, you are stating that you have an emergency. You need help emergently. That's the whole goal of calling 911 right?
But 1) it's not so emergent that you have time to think about things like our lights and sirens. Really sick people can't focus on much else besides how terrible they feel. And 2) it's not so emergent if you have time to worry about what the neighbors will say.
Sure it's embarassing to have everyone know you called 911. People stare at our big flashing toys. They'll probably ask you later if everything's ok in a 30% concerned/70% nosy neighbor fashion.
But if you're sick enough to need an ambulance, that trumps everything else. Otherwise, maybe a taxi is a more appropriate mode of transportation.
PS: If you hadn't asked, likely I would've turned my lights off when I pulled in your driveway/off the road...
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