07/24/2024
This is worth sharing.
If I accidentally call 911 can I just hang up?
No. NEVER hang up after calling 911. If you accidentally misdial 911, you cannot possibly hang up fast enough to cancel the call. Many 911 hang up calls are crimes in progress. We consider every 911 hang up to be an emergency unless we are able to verify otherwise. We always call 911 hang up calls back. If we receive an answering machine, no answer, busy signal, or the person sounds suspicious, law enforcement is immediately dispatched. In those situations, when we are able to reconnect with the caller we determine whether everything is ok. If it was a true accidental call an incident will be entered into our CAD system and cancelled without being dispatched.
(oswegocounty.com/911)