Katie Couric bedeviled by strange 911 calls
NEW YORK (AP) - Katie Couric is losing sleep over some odd 911 calls.
New York City police said Thursday they had been called to Couric's Manhattan home several times recently because of 911 calls traced to a phone listed there. The 911 operator hears only static, but police are compelled to answer each call.
The calls come on Tuesdays at 2 a.m., as Couric told an audience at her talk show's taping this week.
Police say they are investigating whether something's wrong with her phone or if Couric is the victim of a high-tech prankster. Couric called New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly to ask advice on what to do, and is awaiting the results of the investigation.
The calls were first reported in a New York Daily News story headlined "Katie's 911 Hell."
Maybe she's bipolar and it's call for help.
She could always come and stay at my house, I think shes hot. (i'll hide her from the wife)
Must be nice to have the ability to call the Commisioner. Not like real crimes are being commited. What a tool.
@wvboyThe issue is that every time those calls happen, it wastes the police's time. That is time they could put into "real crimes". She's trying to find out how to get it stopped so that police aren't wasting their time on these things. Not to mention that the Commissioner isn't the one who handles solving crimes - they're more of the public face of the department.Â
Maybe a new phone number would cure that?Â
@washcomom If it's the line or a hacker, changing numbers wouldn't change this since it's going after parts of the system.
@washcomom How on earth would requesting a new phone number fix it? Whatever is happening would still happen - it would just show the new number on 911's caller ID, which would still go back to her.
Not to mention it says the call is coming from a number listed to her address. It doesn't say it is coming from her phone or her phone number.