Emergency 9-1-1 lines are being disrupted at the Wharton County Sheriff’s Office, prompting concern
and arrests. Four people have been arrested for inappropriate 9-1-1 calls to Wharton County dispatchers since late October, several more were reported during the summer. The El Campo Police Department dispatchers also have to cope with abusive callers on the 9-1-1 line. In the two most recent cases, calls or were made repeatedly, in one case 19 times by a single individual in a single day. In another case “An individual called 9-1-1 and demanded that they bring him gas.