Dispatch protocol compels first responders to react to unvalidated racial accusations

Evidence

Dispatchers are instructed to follow this specific script and not doing so can result in negative consequences (e.g., being sued; The Law Office of WT Johnson, 2018). Therefore, when they receive a call from someone describing a Black individual as dangerous, the dispatchers cannot question the validity of the reason behind that call (Izen, 2019). It becomes even clearer, then, why so many of these calls are problematic for the dispatch system. Without assessing the validity of the call, first responders receive and react to information that they cannot and, by protocol, should not be questioning. — Joseph Avery, Jim Sidanius, Joel Cooper, Gregory Davis, Amanda N., Bias in the Law, 285

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Joseph Avery, Jim Sidanius, Joel Cooper, Gregory Davis, Amanda N., Bias in the Law: A Definitive Look at…, 285