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    Woman disguises 911 call by ordering pizza

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    3 HN mentions · mentioned in 3 months, 2021–2026

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    2:54 · 55M views · Nov 23, 2019

    A local news report about a woman who ordered a pizza on a 911 call to discreetly signal domestic violence and give her address to the dispatcher. The coverage includes the actual dispatcher call.

    Cited as a real example of coded language used to get help in emergency calls without alerting an abuser.

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    3 comments from Hacker News

    1. @DoreenMicheleNov 2021· in “Teen rescued after showing domestic violence hand signal known on TikTok”

      Your comment reminds me of a video clip I saw where someone dialed 911 and proceeded to "order a pizza," thus giving them her address. She got lucky and the dispatcher was fairly quick to figure it out and didn't hang up on her. this video

      CitesView on HN
    2. @shagieOct 2021· in “Signal for Help”

      This is an item in the 911 operator game. The description of the call is [LINK] An example of the gameplay with that call is [LINK] And an actual dispatcher call this video

      CitesView on HN
    3. @olalondeAug 2026· in “New Orleans will use AI to answer 911 calls instead of a human”

      People also sometimes talk in coded language to avoid alerting suspects. I'm not sure LLMs would be capable to pick up on that. Example: this video

      CitesView on HN