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I think the more information the field guys have, the better off everyone is. It's not the dispatcher's job to discern what may or may not be relevant to the call...
The dispatcher can give that info without determining the facts... "Caller advised the gun may be a toy, but unable to further confirm."
That info/statement may have gone a long way in this case, but maybe wouldn't have prevented the shooting, because in the end, the kid ignored officers and went for the gun, toy or not.
Lotsa 'what if's' floating around. [/quote]
Completely reasonable, and being a 12 y/o stupid kid shouldn't be lethal. More information might have averted a tragedy.
