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Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz announced on Wednesday that a 911 dispatcher who acted totally inappropriately when taking a 911 call from someone inside the Tops on Jefferson Avenue during the mass shooting on Saturday has been placed on administrative leave.According to authorities, someone who was inside Tops during the shooting called 911 and spoke to a 911 dispatcher. The dispatcher allegedly asked why the individual was whispering and Poloncarz said one of the parties hung up and ended the phone call. On Sunday the county went through all the calls associated with the shooting and ident
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