Event 50 — Alexandria: Mental Health Call Interfered with Beeping (August 25, 2024)

SLII: Surveillance, Life Invasion, Interference

Excerpt (bullets)

• Regularly attended hourly Sunday 5:30 pm mental health calls.
• During last call attended August 25, heard many beeping sounds during speech about how person I formerly had a long-term relationship with needed help.
• Asked others if they heard sound—no one had.
• No longer attended calls after this one due to sensitive nature of participants' discussions.

Full Narrative

For some time, I regularly attended hourly Sunday 5:30 pm calls. During the last call I attended on August 25, I heard many beeping sounds during my speech about how the person I formerly had a long-term relationship with needed help. Afterward, I asked the others if they heard the sound. No one had heard that sound. I no longer attended those calls after this one ended because of the sensitive nature of the participants' discussions. The audible monitoring signal during a confidential support group made it unsafe to continue participating.

Category Codes

• DIG.CALL (Landline call monitoring with audible beeps)
• SUR.AUD (Mental health call surveillance)