Date:  Thu, 15 Jan 1998 13:22:02 -0500
From:  "Virginia P. Clark" <Virginia.Clark[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]UVM.EDU>
Subject: "911" as a verb?

    I came across the following sentence last night in a novel that I'm
reading. The speaker is an LA detective; "Irit" is the name of a character:

    "They called roll, Irit wasn't there, they went looking for her,
    couldn't find her, 911'd Westside Division, who sent a couple of
    units. . . ."

    I haven't seen this usage before. Has it been around for a while?

Virginia