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Woman disguises 911 call by ordering pizza

55.1M views · Nov 23, 2019 · 2:54 · 0 HN recommenders · 3 mentions · discussed 2021–2026

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.

Why Hacker News points people here: Cited as a real example of coded language used to get help in emergency calls without alerting an abuser.

“someone dialed 911 and proceeded to "order a pizza," thus giving them her address.”HN comment, 2021

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Cites itshagieOct 2021

“And an actual dispatcher call”

An actual dispatcher call

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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

Cites itDoreenMicheleNov 2021

“someone dialed 911 and proceeded to "order a pizza," thus giving them her address.”

Woman ordering pizza to give address to dispatcher

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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

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Cites itolalondeAug 2026

“People also sometimes talk in coded language to avoid alerting suspects.”

Example of coded language in emergency calls

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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

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