Though were kind of , sort of , moving past the era of the seat dialing on our cellphones thanks to the advent of the touchscreen , it ’s still find to a meaning degree . The unsound is that it’squite often 911 .
CBS 2 did some digging around and found that 20 percentage of all 911 calls placed from mobile phone were unwilled dial . And it ’s dearly-won in terms of time , money and resource .
operator have to stay on the line until the call drops , then call back the number to see if there ’s a real emergency brake . Since cell phones can only be tracked by general placement , in extreme cause officer are off to find whoever might be in distress .
“ The chances of that happening are slim , but we ’ve – a couple multiplication probably , over the past few class – have had to basically set in motion a lookup party to site somebody , ” Polinski said .
And this , ladies and gentleman , is why you lock your homescreen . [ CBS 2 ]
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