Snowflake, Arizona

From the White Mountain Independent of October 11, 2005

Woman praised for calm 911 call

A Snowflake woman received praise from police for her poise under pressure.

At 4:25 a.m. Oct. 1, the woman called 911 to report an intruder was in her house. She said she thought the man was drunk and simply in the wrong house but her husband was holding him at gun point.

Officers were told the front door was open and the caller's husband was in plain view from the outside. She told dispatchers she just wanted the man removed from her house.

An officer responded, took the man into temporary custody and put him into his cruiser. The man was taken around the corner and released about a block away.

Afterward, police called the woman to tell her she had done just the right things during her 911 call.