Interesting fact that might save a life..

[acid_chipmunk]

I work in a 911 center in PA and the ONLY thing that will get you to police in emergency, other than the NON-emergency line is 911! And, in my county, we (the 911 dispatchers) take ALL fire, police, and EMS calls. The only calls we transfer are for the municipalities that don't have police departments, which the State Police handle. With one call to 911, they can tell you if it actually is an officer behind you, as the officer should have called in the stop BEFORE you are totally stopped.


Also, contrary to what they show you on TV, we can't call your cell and find out where it is. We can, however, depending on your cell carrier, plot you and tell exactly where you are. This works to within about 10 feet, so please tell your kids to keep that in mind if they decide to play with a cell thinking they can't get in trouble. We can still send the police to your house, even from a cell phone 911 hang-up.

 

[Ed62]

I never believe what I read when I get it in an e-mail, without checking further. Too much junk going around.

Ed

 

[WIChookchick]

PLEASE DO RESEARCH BEFORE BELIEVING HYPE AND HOOPLA!!

From the snopes web site.. they don't let you copy and paste.. I had to type this to copy it..

Claim-If cell phone is blocked dailing *112 will connect you to an emergency call center..
status- false
The global mobile emergency number, 112 is "special" in a sense that it will use any tower your mobile phone can contact to complete the call.. 999 IS an emergency number..
IN ENGLAND
Apparently calling 112 from your cell phone in some parts of the world, primarily Europe will connectyou to local emergency services. But it has no special properties that enable a caller to use it where all signals are blocked or otherwise unavailable...

FALSE- Calling #77 on your cell phone will connect you to any highway patrol dispatchers
True- rapists and murders have been known to pass themselves off as police officers.​