MIDDLETOWN—The Federal Communications Commission on April 13 gave the Middletown School District a waiver to trace and find identifying information from threatening calls.
The school district asked the FCC to waive certain regulations that allowed individuals making telephone calls—including if they were making calls that threaten other individuals or agencies—that their right of privacy would be protected.
“When a call comes through, even if we tried to trace it, the identifying factors of the caller would be hidden,” said School Superintendent Dr. Kenneth Eastwood. The school district filed a complaint, or waiver, on the regulation.
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Eastwood noted that most waivers can take years to be granted. He said one request took four years to get approved and another two years. He wasn’t optimistic. “We thought this was going to be a waste,” Eastwood said. “We'll get the waiver request in and we won’t see it approved for a couple years down the road.”
