Questions continue to mount about policies and technological capabilities at Dane County’s 911 Center.
Union steward Laurie Lane told 27 News she listened to a recording of the 911 call from murder victim Brittany Zimmermann’s cell phone. Lane’s comments to 27 News on what she heard were the first public comments on the content of the call. Lane said the call lasted approximately ninety seconds, and although Lane said she heard faint sounds of “movements,” Lane believed what she heard would not have been enough to prompt the dispatcher to treat the call as an emergency, and dispatch police officers. Madison Police Chief Noble Wray has disagreed, saying the dispatcher should have recognized what occurred during the call as a potential emergency. Authorities have made no comments on the call’s specifics, citing the need to protect the integrity of the ongoing Zimmermann homicide investigation.