my feelings exactly i don't think they put much thought into this one at all.

The old 911 had your address when you called, didn't it? I thought that was standard so police could follow up if the caller was disconnected (by an assailant or accidentally.) I HOPE they can still see the address of the caller!

Judy i agree 100% this isnt something new. The plice DO NOT broadcast who calls about what. Think ppl think! Report crime in your neighborhood before you become a victim yourself!

I know when I called 911 over the summer about something going on in the neighborhood. One of my neighbors knew I called BECAUSE THEY DID SAY MY NAME AND ADDRESS

i totally agree i called once about a drug house across the street from me my son have an app on his i phone he likes to listen to the police and the fire department.after calling the police about drug dealing and stated i wish to remain anonymous after getting off the phone less than a minute over my sons i phone we heard my name and address.i guess we were;t the only one listening later that night we have bottles and bricks thrown at the front porch and windows. i didn't call back it probably would have made things worse.thank god we were able to move.sometimes trying to do the right thing just doesn't pay off. ps. be careful when making your calls.

I also had an officer come to my house for something really crazy that a neighbor called on me and he told me who called. Hammond a safe city?? Ummmm????

A GRIFFITH MAN MONDAY WHO CALLED 911 AND DIDN'T RECEIVE MEDICAL CARE UNTIL 47 MINUTES LATER THE MAN IN HIS 80 LATER DIED. THE MAN PLACED THE CALL TO EMERGENCY DISPATCH AFTER EXPERIENCING TROUBLE BREATHING.THERE APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN AN ISSUE WITH THE DISPATCH OF THE EMERGENCY CALL IT SEEMS EVIDENT THE SYSTEM DIDN'T WORK AS IT WAS SUPPOSED TO. THE DIRECTOR BRIAN HITCHCOCK EMERGENCY DIRECTOR SAID HE HAS PLACED THE DISPATCHER WHO HANDLED THE CALL ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE WHILE HIS STAFF INVESTIGATED THE INCIDENT. THIS IS THE VERY THING WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS SYSTEM IS FLAWED. I SMELL A MAJOR LAWSUIT.

City of Hammond assigned this issue to Capt Alcox HPD Community Affairs

I will forward your complaints to the 911 dispatch administrators and to the rest of our administration here at HPD in reference to complainants names being given out on calls. If you call for the police please make sure you request that you would like to remain anonymous so that dispatchers can REMIND officers not to give the name of complainants.

thank you so much for taking this matter very seriously as a community you know we talk to each other hesitating to pick up your phone to report a crime or anything makes one feel uncomfortable if they think there information is being broadcast over the airwaves we will ask the dispatcher to keep us anonymous and hopefully she or he will follow through. thank you for keeping a finger on the pulse of the neighborhood .god bless you and yours..... YOUR FRIENDS.

Thank You Richard!!

Why should a caller request anonymity?? The personal information about a caller should be held confidential as a policy.