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by Tom Schalmo
Thursday, May 1, 2008
Madison police acknowledged Thursday that an officer should have responded to a 911 call from 21-year-old Brittany Zimmermann’s phone the day she was stabbed in her home.
Police Chief Noble Wray said the MPD was not notified of the call from the 911 center but the contents of the call reveal an officer should have responded.
Wray, however, would not disclose the time of the call, the duration of it, if anything audible was actually heard nor if it was actually Zimmermann who placed the call.
During their initial investigation the day Zimmermann was killed, police discovered the 911 call and notified Dane County’s 911 command center.
However, 911 Director Joe Norwick said the call from Zimmermann’s phone was a “hang-up call,” most of which are not routinely responded to.
Wray asked for an internal investigation of the call and contradicted Norwick by saying the call was not a hang-up call, intentionally erroneous call or an accidental call.
Neither Wray nor Norwick would acknowledge that any mistakes were made. Wray did not say if police believe whether a response to the call would have saved Zimmermann’s life.
