In the video, the woman turns the call on to speakerphone and the police operator talks directly to the man to tell him he\u0027s intimidating the woman
“You’re intimidating her, sir, okay, can you just stand to the side,” the operator says, as the man replies that he’s already standing to the side.
The police force replied to the Twitter video and said they have spoken with the man who posted it to offer a “full and unreserved apology.”“At this point it is clear that this was not an appropriate use of the 911 system and the Service did not act appropriately in handling the call.”Article content continuedThe incident comes months after a video in New York’s Central Park showed a white woman calling police after a Black man requested she leash her dog.
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