To be so embarrassed

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DP and myself were having a small argument on Xmas eve day about how much we had spent on the kids. I accidentally rang the police from my pocket and they came round due to hearing us arguing. They said it was due to them having no response on the phone and believed it to be a DV call.
They came round and took us into seperate room and asked us questions. We all laughed about it in the end but they did say it would have to go to social care as kids involved but the most we would probably get was a phone call. So embarrassed that this has happened.
Worse still, we knew the police officers through work.

Is that exactly what happened here OP?

Hmm

Not buying the 'accidental' part of this story

How on earth do you call emergency services accidentally from your pocket? I didn't think it was possible with modern phones.

That's what I was thinking @NoSauce

I think you probably could call by mistake, mine has an ‘emergency call’ option if you repeatedly get the pass code wrong.
How bad was the ‘small argument’ OP?

This is very good policing and you should be happy you have a good force. It is a known tactic to surmise that the person who does not respond is doing so as they are afraid. Not sure how you pocket dialled the police unless you had previously opened the number? Which would be another reason for a safe and well check. Hope you are ok

None of this adds up.

OP, you might do better to start a new thread giving an accurate picture of what happened if you need help.

You can just own up to calling the police, it doesn't make it sound any better that it was "accidental". The concerns regarding your children in a house where there are adults arguing will be entirely the same.

I have never or known anyone to ever call the police by mistake. Is this a cover up? Hope your ok OP

I accidentally rang the police

Sorry OP, don't believe that for a second.

A small argument, police called by mistake, everyone laughed about the call error - but social services have to get involved? Really?

How on earth can you accidently bum dial the police?

The social services would not automatically be involved in an incident where you all 'laughed'.
This has not happened how you have described it.

thickwoollytights it's standard practice when police have contact with a child to alert social services. Even if there is no concern about the child specifically.

you can accidentally call police my friend did sat on her phone. you can still dial 999 with phone lock on many phones as a safety measure.

it would be protocol for social services to be informed in case any other concerns are on record or future issues.

IT's not totally implausible and i agree its embarrassing for anyone to overhear normal domestic disagreements.

Am i the only one that thinks this is plausible.

Nope. Not buying this at all.Have accidentally dialled emergency services myself, but noticed as soon as it started ringing. If the phone was in your pocket you would have at least have felt it vibrate. Own up.

Children regularly call the police by accident. Either by dial or last number called. Op may have more to say but is unlikely to under this attack

It's fine to call the police if you feel unsafe. That's what they're there for. You have nothing to be embarrassed about but if you want helpful advice you need to be honest about what happened. Otherwise everyone will just fixate on your (not plausible, sorry) story about the pocket-dialing and completely miss the point of the thread.

Or was the point of the thread to test the water, OP? To see if social services and your child's school will buy the explanation for police attending your address? If so then I'm afraid they won't.

@MilkTwoSugarsThanks I butt dialed 999 while on a run a few years ago, I had thinish shorts on and my phone screen was being activated every time it touched my leg. If you attempted to repeatedly unlock the screen with the wrong code the emergency call option came up, so that eventually happened and the next time my phone hit my thigh it caused the call.

Got a call back, the call operator have said it’s quite common for people to pocket ‘dial’. I now make sure the screen side isn’t against my body when my phone is in a pocket.

Also a little about accidentally calling police. I deliberately called the police several times about my abusive dc partner too and SS wasn't notified. School and HV/doctor were sent a record of the visits but SS were only notified, as standard, when I was given a police DV officer to represent me in court. I never heard anything from them though.

You can easily accidentally make an emergency call my iPhone. It has happened to me many times but each time I managed to stop the call. I wish you could turn it off as I live in fear of my children doing it.

Anyone know how to?