911 Operator Fired For Cursing After Report

[Miranda]

May 14, 2008

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A Nashville 911 operator has been fired after he was recorded saying that he didn't "give a s---" about what happened to a woman who had just called to report her ex-boyfriend was threatening her.

Emergency Communications Center spokeswoman Amanda Sluss said Wednesday that Frank Roth was in training during the February incident and was fired a month later.

Roth made the comments after promising police would arrive soon for a woman who called saying her ex-boyfriend held her at knifepoint and later was threatening her.

After hanging up with her but while still being recorded, he said, "I really don't give a s--- what happens to you."

Nashville TV station WTVF first reported the story after one of its reporters obtained the 911 recording.

2008 Associated Press