SWATing' a concern for Roswell cops

It took police close to an hour to discover the emergency 911 call was a hoax, and that someone had hacked into the homeowners’ voice over Internet Protocol to make the emergency call.

Investigation into the incident

Authorities have since launched an investigation into the incident, however McGee said these calls are virtually impossible to trace.

Dispatch Magazine, a trade journal for emergency dispatchers, estimates close to 60 incidents have been logged nationally since the practice began about six years ago. In all cases, callers hacked into a person’s VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol), the research that provides voice calls using a broadband Internet connection.