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Archive Home > 2009 > February > 02 > Devices that spoof caller ID fueling trend of false calls to 911

Devices that spoof caller ID fueling trend of false calls to 911

Rise in dangerous practice of ‘swatting’ alarms authorities

By Jordan Robertson / The Bulletin
February 2, 2009

Doug Bates and his wife, Stacey, were in bed around 10 p.m., their 2-year-old daughters asleep in a nearby room. Suddenly they were shaken awake by the wail of police sirens and the rumble of a helicopter above their suburban Southern California home.

Doug Bates got up to lock the doors and....

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