TEMS.
NATIONWIDE, THE 911
SYSTEM IS OLD AND
HACKING. BUT OUR
INVESTIGATION HAS
FOUND, SOME STATES
FEES YOU PAY EACH
SPEND VERY LITTLE - TO
UPGRADE THEIR
YOUR CORNER'S
SENIOR INVESTIGATIVE
CORRESPONDENT,
MARK GREENBLATT
INVESTIGATES -- 911: A
STATE OF EMERGENCY.
1:02 - 1:10 1:44 - 1:52
that will never go away. 6-
MONTH-OLD BRANDON
LEFT HER NEPHEW'S
FUNERAL, WHEN HER
BABYSITTER CALLED.
Brandon won't wake up.
She was like, I've called
911 like, I keep calling them
and they keep hanging up
HER BABYSITTER TRIED
IN VAIN TO GET
ONCE HOME, SHE
BREATHING. BRANDON
DIED IN THE HOSPITAL.
BRIDGET ALEX
everything. WHAT SHE
CALL WAS ONE OF
HOLD IN DALLAS THAT
NIGHT. AND JUST ONE
MONTH PRIOR, DALLAS
"ISSUES" WITH
CALLS" MADE FROM
PHONES "WITHOUT THE
USERS KNOWLEDGE".
THE CITY BLAMES T-
MOBILE, WHICH IN TURN
CITY'S ANTIQUATED 911
COULDN'T RECOGNIZE
THE FALSE CALLS. THEY
BOTH AGREE A SPIKE
WHAT HAPPENED THAT
RESPONSES TO REAL
EMERGENCIES. MARK
GREENBLATT SENIOR,
INVESTIGATIVE
= 1:02 - 1:10 Emergency
decades old infrastructure
with limited call capacity
has left much of the nation's
vulnerable to cyber-attacks.
POLICE REPORTS SHOW
ARIZONA TEENAGER
MEETKUMAR DESAI
SENT OUT A TWEET
WITH A LINK WHICH
ONCE CLICKED,
CORRUPT" CELL
DEVICES TO CALL 911
MORE THAN A DOZEN
SECONDS." CALLS
IN PHOENIX AND
FAR AWAY AS
CALIFORNIA AND TEXAS.
FORGETY: Professional
computer crime syndicates
have targeted 911 centers.
GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS
ASSOCIATION. TREY
FORGETY DIRECTOR,
GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS
911 ASSOCIATION RUNS
extraordinary success in
ransom ware and in some
cases taking down public
safety operations for up to
72 hours. MARK: Meaning
they get threatened with, if
take your 911 system
911 centers, many local
sheriff's departments have
paid ransoms to get their
EXPERTS AND FEDERAL
OFFICIALS, THOUGH,
NEXT GEN 9-11 - A
MODERNIZED SYSTEM
THAT INCREASES CALL
CAPACITY AND CAN
TELLTHE DIFFERENCE
AND REAL
EMERGENCIES. AND
EVERY MONTH YOU PAY
A FEE TO SUPPORT 911.
BUT THERE'S A
O'RIELLY
: States are downright lying
to consumers. HE'S FCC
O'RIELLY. SINCE THE
24 STATES HAVE
THAT CONSUMERS PAY.
MARK: They're collecting
money, telling me it's for
911. MIKE O'RIELLY
: And using it for something
completely different. IN A
WAS FOUND TO HAVE
DIVERTED 911 FUNDS
FOR LAWNCARE AND
DRYCLEANING. AND FOR
EACH OF THE LAST 8
NEW YORK A DIVERTER.
SHIFTING 272 MILLION IN
911 FEES. MIKE O'RIELLY
: I find that just, just
IN THEIR MOST RECENT
MOST STATES REPORT
USING ONLY A
FRACTION OF THE 911
FEES TO UPGRADE TO
NEXT GEN 911. BRIDGET
ALEX Texas Mom RUNS =
3:05 - 3:09 We're paying all
you upgrade for us - the
people- so when we need
you, you can be there.
SENIOR, NATIONAL
INVESTIGATIVE
= 3:16 - 3:26 FCC
me - if this were private
companies - diverting 911
funds and putting lives at
risk - as he says state
governments have done,
at them by the feds. And in
the worst cases, charged
criminally. Mark Greenblatt
at Scripps News in
Washington.
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