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Report on Emergency Blue Light Phones in the OSU Campus Area March 22, 2006 There are seven Blue Light Emergency Phones in the Columbus Division of Police jurisdiction in the OSU Campus Area. They are as follows: 2317 Neil Ave. 47 Frambes Ave. 1965 Indianola Ave. 165 E. 15^th Ave. 152 E. 11^th Ave. 1560 Hunter Ave 20 E. 14^th Ave From Jan 01, 2005 to March 20, 2006 there were a total of 616 calls from these seven phones. These calls were rated, along with other type runs, as Priority 2 by the Columbus Division of Police Radio Room. Using a scale of one to five, Priority 2 runs are dispatched in the order of second highest in importance. These calls are generally dispatched with two officers. I obtained the following facts by reviewing each phone call received by the Columbus Division of Police Radio room from the Blue Light phones as recorded in the Patrol View program. Below is a break down by location and type of calls received: In looking at the 12 calls from the Neil Ave phone I found the following information: 7 calls found no problem / no caller / no description of a problem. 5 calls were from people saying they were testing the phone. 12 CPD units were dispatched on the false calls. In looking at the 131 calls from the Frambes Ave phone I found the following information: 128 calls found no problem / no caller / no description of a problem 1 call was from someone saying they were testing the phone 2 calls someone described a problem: one concerned a drunken person on the ground one concerned someone following them. 151 CPD units were dispatched on false calls. In looking at the 152 calls from the Indianola phone I found the following: 147 calls found no problem / no caller / no description of a problem 1 call was from someone saying they were testing the phone 4 calls described a problem one concerned a possible gun shot two concerned fights or assaults one concerned someone following the caller 166 CPD units were dispatched on false calls. In looking at the 199 calls from the E. 15^th Ave phone I found the following: 195 calls found no problem / no caller / no description of a problem. 1 call was from someone saying they were testing the phone. 3 calls described a problem one concerned a large fight one concerned a drunken person on the ground one concerned an auto accident 232 CPD units were dispatched on false calls In looking at the 44 calls from the E. 11^th Ave phone I found the following information: 40 calls found no problem / no caller / no description of a problem 4 calls someone described a problem A sick person A robbery just occurred A property destruction report was needed Domestic dispute 51 CPD units were dispatched on the false runs In looking at the 24 calls from the Hunter Ave phone I found the following information: 19 calls found no problem / no caller / no description of a problem 5 calls were from someone saying they were testing the phone. 25 CPD units were dispatched on false calls. In looking at the 54 calls from the E. 14^th Ave phone I found the following information: 50 calls found no problem / no caller / no description of a problem 1 call was from someone saying they were testing the phone. 3 calls someone described a problem: One was a stabbing One was a stolen car report One was a domestic dispute 61 CPD units were dispatched on false calls. Totals for all phones combined: Calls – 616 False calls – 586 (95%) Legitimate calls – 16 (3%) Miscellaneous – 14 (2%) Number of Units dispatched – 698 Information in this report was compiled by Sgt. Jay Hammer #5129 490A.