City settles with dispatcher who slept through a 911 call
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A Massachusetts city has reached a settlement with a former fire dispatcher who slept through a 911 call.
Terms of the settlement between Peabody and John Brophy have not been disclosed. The Salem News reports that Brophy was fired after he fell asleep during a 2005 call concerning a 6-month-old infant who had stopped breathing.
Police and an ambulance crew heard the call and were able to reach the home in time to save the baby's life.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}An arbitrator later ruled the city needed to rehire Brophy — but he never returned to work, as then-Mayor Mike Bonfanti fired him again for failing to submit to a drug test. His lawyers contended he did not have to submit to the examination.
Neither Brophy nor the city returned requests for comment.
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{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Information from: The Salem (Mass.) News, http://www.salemnews.com