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Child dialled emergency services

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Whatnonsenseisthat · 15/06/2024 09:01

When I unlocked my phone and went through the notifications, I saw one which said all calls will be blocked for 2 hours. I went onto my call log and saw emergency services were dialled at 6am!

Me and my 4 year old were downstairs at the time and I was making some breakfast, phone was in the living room. I've asked her but she said she was just trying to take pictures on my phone and she hadn't spoken to anyone

Do I need to do anything now? Would they have called me back by now? My phone was locked but it allows you to press on the pre-dialled emergency numbers like 112 or 999

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70isaLimitNotaTarget · 30/06/2024 12:31

When my DD was about 2.6 (maybe younger - she's 22 now !) we had 2 police turn up at our door ( my first thought was "OMG someone has died" ) but they were very civil, the Policeman smiled and asked if everything was ok as there was a 999 call but no-one spoke
The Policewoman said "I think that's your answer " as DD sloped by .

We moved the phone out of reach .

I know it happens and it still happens . And they have to satisfy themselves that is is a phone user error not someone hiding something .

AnSolas · 06/02/2025 07:40

LifeInTheRaw · 15/06/2024 14:37

Forty odd years ago I had an old fashioned dial landline phone, can't remember why, but I always used to leave it on the carpet.
DC was (just about) crawling and I was dashing around to get ready the buggy or pram, I can't recall, to walk to the local village shops.
Think I was gone less than an hour, and came home to the neighbours telling me the police had broken into my home, as they could get not response by knocking.
There's me terrified that I had burglars whist I was at the shops...
Nah, my little one had apparently crawled to the phone, messed around with the dial, and got thru to the emergency services...
The agent could here my dc murmuring indecipherable noises, so sent the police to investigate, in case there was someone in distress....
Sooooooooo embarrassing, and how on Earth did dc manage to get 999, on a phone that had the kinda dial you had to "stir" around to get the digits to the top...
three successive times?
Funny now, but was amazed at the time.

999 was picked as it was the location with the fastest dial time on the rotary wheel.

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