rubberdinghy Posted March 12, 2009 Report Share Posted March 12, 2009 Especially when you are taking the day off to get extremely high.Story was not the hole truthBy JEFFREY SIMPSON Staff ReporterThu. Mar 12 - 5:58 AMA Lower Sackville man’s cry for help Wednesday turned out to be a creative way of calling in sick.Halifax regional firefighters and RCMP officers spent the afternoon scouring an area around a former military radar base and an old cement plant near Beaver Bank Road after receiving a report that a man needed help.Cpl. Joe Taplin, a spokesman for the RCMP, said the man had used his cellphone to send his employer a text message about falling into a hole. His employer became concerned and called 911 at about 2 p.m."We believed he might have been injured," Cpl. Taplin said in an interview.While crews were combing the area looking for the supposedly missing man, the RCMP traced the cellphone he’d used to an apartment on Cobequid Road in Lower Sackville.Officers found the man inside and under the influence of some kind of substance, probably an illegal one, Cpl. Taplin said."We believe he was contacting his employer and trying to get out of work," Cpl. Taplin said.The people who’d taken part in the search weren’t impressed."We entered into an extensive search out there and used quite a bit of resources trying to locate an individual," Cpl. Taplin said. "It was an extensive, costly use of manpower to go out there and attempt to locate an individual who wasn’t even there."The inadvertent mischief-maker wasn’t facing charges because he hadn’t made the call for help, Cpl. Taplin said.The fire service’s technical rescue team was on standby at the Beaver Bank fire station, in case someone was trapped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Wish Posted March 12, 2009 Report Share Posted March 12, 2009 It would have been much more appropriate had he claimed to have "been in a hole" as opposed to falling in one.Anyone who has visited Lower Sackville would attest to the truth in that statement....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted March 12, 2009 Report Share Posted March 12, 2009 Wow. So he didn't get charged because he didn't directly cause the misappropriation of resources. that's wild.I would like a followup of his career. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBigTime Posted March 12, 2009 Report Share Posted March 12, 2009 They actually can't tri-angulate cell phones in Canada yet, so the story is bogus IMHO..The cell phone companies were given 1 year in order to upgrade their systems in order to be able to locate 911 callers. This would be the same for locating a particular phone users I assume.http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090107.wcellphone91107/BNStory/TechnologyGood to know all around though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davey Boy 2.0 Posted March 12, 2009 Report Share Posted March 12, 2009 Fire in the hole! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booche Posted March 12, 2009 Report Share Posted March 12, 2009 the RCMP traced the cellphone he’d used to an apartment on Cobequid Road in Lower Sackville.MrBigTime, I dont see anything about triangulation. Maybe they traced it via records? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBigTime Posted March 12, 2009 Report Share Posted March 12, 2009 Hmmm the employer would know where he lived, if that's what you mean by his cell phone bill record. Maybe he just embelished to make it sound like they used high tech triangulation, when in fact they just went to his apartment.. "the man had used his cellphone to send his employer a text message about falling into a hole. His employer became concerned and called 911 at about 2 p.m." "the RCMP traced the cellphone he’d used to an apartment on Cobequid Road in Lower Sackville." Only way to trace cell phone to a location is triangulation... that's what Jack Bauer told me... Unless someone is sure of the contrary. Don't fuck with Jack Bauer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booche Posted March 12, 2009 Report Share Posted March 12, 2009 "the RCMP traced the cellphone he’d used to an apartment on Cobequid Road in Lower Sackville."It's not like it says "The RCMP traced the cellphone from where he used it to an apartment......" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davey Boy 2.0 Posted March 12, 2009 Report Share Posted March 12, 2009 maybe they tortured the employer until he gave up the address where the perp lives Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booche Posted March 12, 2009 Report Share Posted March 12, 2009 But doesnt that go directly against their policy?Fuck, I get pissed off and then bored by 24. Thanks for reminding me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davey Boy 2.0 Posted March 12, 2009 Report Share Posted March 12, 2009 the lives of 32307 people were at stake, Booche. they did what they had to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms.Huxtable Posted March 12, 2009 Report Share Posted March 12, 2009 They had no other choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubberdinghy Posted March 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2009 I'm sure the cell was registered to the man. Therefore got his address that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boiler Posted March 13, 2009 Report Share Posted March 13, 2009 Officers found the man inside and under the influence of some kind of substance, probably an illegal one, Cpl. Taplin said.Maybe it was "K" in which case, he wasn't lying about falling into a hole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonyak Posted March 13, 2009 Report Share Posted March 13, 2009 you don't need to triangualte anything.you just look up what towers the call was routed through, look at where the guys residence is... put 2 and 2 together and voila... gee. he placed a call that was routed through a tower on the same block as his residence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davey Boy 2.0 Posted March 13, 2009 Report Share Posted March 13, 2009 Chloe?!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.O.B.E Posted March 13, 2009 Report Share Posted March 13, 2009 I wish my boss would fall in hole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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