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GA: 911 dispatcher fired for sharing caller’s personal information on Facebook

Posted on February 13, 2016 by Dissent

Dan Kennedy reports:

A Catoosa County 911 dispatcher was fired Friday morning for sharing on Facebook the private information of at least one person who called 911.

Holly Dowis was terminated Friday following an internal investigation into her conduct while on the job.

A Channel 3 investigation found Dowis sent a screenshot to Facebook friends in a private chat of one man’s call to 911 requesting emergency assistance.

Read more on WRCB. This was reportedly not the first time this employee had breached callers’ privacy.


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