re: Michigan: Mom accidentally locks 2 month old in car; 911 dispatcher refuses to send help

I haven’t read this whole thread but that dispatcher really needs to be fired. Police and Fire do not respond to someone just locking their keys in their car, that’s pop-a-locks job. But if you call 911 and say that a child is locked in a car you better believe they’re coming with a sense of urgency, especially if the car is not running. I’ve been on a quite a few of these calls. Even if you do get the child out before help arrives it’s still not a bad idea to have someone there to evaluate the child, just because we show up doesn’t mean you have to be transported. Call right away and we can get there within a few minutes and unlock the door without breaking a window. We always have a sense of urgency but if it’s a call involving an infant or child we step it up a notch, especially those with kids of their own.