Last night at 2AM my wife heard the doorbell ring; I woke up to loud pounds on the door. We head downstairs; I'm holding my holstered J-frame behind my back.
I look through the sidelights; its a blue uniform with his hand on his weapon. At the same time, a female voice from outside - off to the side- shouts out "Put down the gun sir!". I step back hands up, look through the living room window which was not shuttered and see a very bright light. I can very dimly make out a figure pointing the light and something else. Gun goes down right in front of that window. Thanks for not killing me, m'am.
The officer tells me that a 911 call came through from my number, so they called back and got only static. At this point my Lab strolls down the stairs, yawning. Woofs at the officer and wags her tail. The light from outside moves over to stay on her. Good job, m'am. Fire at will.
The uniform I can see asks if all is clear, and says that sometimes "phantom" 911 calls are received from lines using VOIP- which is how we receive our phone service. This is the second visit from LE in just a week- the first time was daytime, and they didn't draw down on my wife.
Our VOIP provider says no 911 call originated over our service. They think the previous homeowner retained their number, and that number is still associated with our current address. The VOIP service also said that it was impossible for our phones to have initiated the call due to dying batteries or mis-dials, since there was no record of 911 calls through their service. But the LE said the call came from our number, and confirmed the number when we gave it to them. I thanked them for their response and apologized for their trouble.
Anybody have any ideas? Please let me know before my wife has to replace her husband or our vicious guard dog.
I look through the sidelights; its a blue uniform with his hand on his weapon. At the same time, a female voice from outside - off to the side- shouts out "Put down the gun sir!". I step back hands up, look through the living room window which was not shuttered and see a very bright light. I can very dimly make out a figure pointing the light and something else. Gun goes down right in front of that window. Thanks for not killing me, m'am.
The officer tells me that a 911 call came through from my number, so they called back and got only static. At this point my Lab strolls down the stairs, yawning. Woofs at the officer and wags her tail. The light from outside moves over to stay on her. Good job, m'am. Fire at will.
The uniform I can see asks if all is clear, and says that sometimes "phantom" 911 calls are received from lines using VOIP- which is how we receive our phone service. This is the second visit from LE in just a week- the first time was daytime, and they didn't draw down on my wife.
Our VOIP provider says no 911 call originated over our service. They think the previous homeowner retained their number, and that number is still associated with our current address. The VOIP service also said that it was impossible for our phones to have initiated the call due to dying batteries or mis-dials, since there was no record of 911 calls through their service. But the LE said the call came from our number, and confirmed the number when we gave it to them. I thanked them for their response and apologized for their trouble.
Anybody have any ideas? Please let me know before my wife has to replace her husband or our vicious guard dog.
