6th Circ. Clears 911 Dispatch Of Failure To Stop Murder

By Elizabeth Daley ( January 22, 2026, 8:44 PM EST) -- Michigan county dispatchers can't be held responsible for the murder of a man by his mentally ill son, the Sixth Circuit ruled Thursday, finding that although the son told 911 he "might do something bad" an hour before the killing, the agency's "failure to act does not suffice."...

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