Saturday, August 25, 2018

Police Dept Refuses to Help Baby Locked in Hot Car

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TO SERVE AND PROTECT
CHIEF LEO SACCO'S ALLEGEDLY
DRUNK SON, NOT THE PUBLIC
https://patch.com/michigan/rochester/baby-accidentally-locked-car-911-wouldn-t-send-police

"At this point I didn't know if she was going to sleep or if my baby was dying," she said. "Realizing no emergency help is coming to save my baby was the worst feeling in the world. I ran to the back windshield to try breaking that and after two hard hits it finally shattered and I've never felt more relieved."
Guyton I crawled through the broken glass to get to her daughter and cool her down. Twelve minutes later, a tow company showed up.
"It would have been too late," she said.
According to Waterford police Chief Scott Underwood, the dispatcher involved has been working in this capacity for years and should have known better. Underwood said that she would be disciplined and trained on how to handle calls like this in the future.

The local chief personally apologized to Guyton afterward, but she doesn't blame them, Guyton said.

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Baby Accidentally Locked In Car; 911 Wouldn't Send Police

It was a Michigan mom's worst nightmare when a 911 dispatcher told her police wouldn't help rescue her infant trapped in a hot car.


By Jessica Strachan, Patch Staff | | Updated