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.

the police have put an alert on my mobil number so that they know my adress if I ever have to ring 999 and stay silent. But they told me they were doing that and it's to do with a very specific set of circumstances.

The police do refer to ss after each call out with children in the house, weather you hear anything back is another matter.

Jesus Christ I haven't read the entire thread yet, but wtf is it with people being all "nope! That didn't happen! own up"? I mean what?!

Makes me laugh people who can't possibly imagine anything being true outside of their own direct personal experience. Like, do we all own the same phone?

Maybe there's a new app on the phone that dials the police if it hears an argument for too long ?

And if there isn't, maybe there should be ? I wonder what the takeup would be ?

Meet Pippin[1] your digital guardian angel. Using the awesome power of Artificial Intelligence, Pippin will monitor your life and call the emergency services when she hears an argument escalating. Comes with a selection of textured patterns to match your phones case

[1]Presumably for an iPhone.

@Redglitter we've had police involvement twice in the last two 6 months due to a robbery and car accident. They have my number. Probably how they've traced my phone.

Ah. Mystery solved.

I have never or known anyone to ever call the police by mistake

I did once. I had a pushchair that had a “shelf” across the handle and I had my phone on it when I went for a long walk with a friend DS was fast asleep and friend and I were chatting away when my phone rang. It was the police saying I’d called 999. I hadnt even touched my phone since putting it on the pushchair (back in the days of a phone being a phone, not a smartphone). My friend and I were very confused. Sure enough when I checked the call log it showed that it had dialled 999 just a few minutes previously. I could only put it down to the phone “jiggling” as we walked on some slightly rough paths.

If you have an iPhone and press the power button three times, it will bring up the emergency call feature. My other half loaded his phone wrongly in the phone holder in his car, so the sides were pushing on the power button and he was connected to emergency services. And as @SimonJT says, it can easily be done from the lock screen.

That said if the OP needs help, please reach out, DV isn’t something to be embarrassed about.

I'd be more than embarrassed. you haven't told the truth OP. The police don't turn up for trivia

If it’s true, then it’s embarrassing and a waste of police time.

I have made multiple emergency calls from my pocket on my iPhone. It is totally possible.

My toddler accidentally phoned the police from my iPhone. I’m not sure how it happened, he either pressed the side button 5 times or did it through the emergency call thing but the screen went black and the phone froze so I couldn’t even put the phone down it also sent a text to my DM because she was my emergency contact.

Thankfully they didn’t send the police out but I was convinced they would because he had a massive toddler meltdown when I took the phone off him.

I would be embarrassed though, especially if you knew the officers through work...

People who I know who’ve accidentally called the police for real tell the police when they turn up that it was an accident at nothing is a problem and the police have warned them about wasting police time and gone on their way
They obviously had serious concern to stay and separate you and report to social services
That’s more than embarrassing, that’s shit parenting of the highest order

They have to attend a 'dropped 9" if they know the address. If OPs address was on file( from any call to them previously or any involvement with anything at all) attached to her phone number, the force I was in would have attended. Havent read all the thread though, did they ring back and speak to you and then attend op? Or did they just turn up after your call.

@NemophilistRebel are you for real? The police have to go on and seperate the couple. They didn't know it was an accident when they showed up and we didn't know we had called them until they showed up.
It's quite easy for a DV perp to say it was an accident. The victim isn't going to say it wasn't are they. They have to seperate in case the victim is scared and wants to disclose something.
And how was any of this shit parenting? It's protocol, plenty of people on the thread have said it is.
I'm happy the services are so proactive regarding safeguarding.

@HoopDeDoop I don't think you accidentally dialed, I think when the truth is hard we sometimes make a story that we think covers us and makes it seem less serious. Please get support for yourself. Any argument that involves your wanting to call police, even in the heat of the moment, doesn't seem safe. You will not be in the only person these officers have supported. And you should receive help without judgment.

@Bitchbadgerplease they tried calling me back but I didn't answer as the phone was in another room by this point as I was going in the shower. Probably why they cane out as I didn't answer the call.

You are disgraceful. stop using emergency services. You must be known to them. don't you think they have enough to do with genuine sick people rather than your argument with dh

@Molly123456 are you reading the thread? Accidental call, arguing in the background. No person spoke. They didn't know it was an accident until they attended our address and we didn't know they were coming as we didn't know about the accidental call.

Yes. So they had ops address on file. They heard arguing. If she had have picked up and told them nothing was going on and they believed her, that would be it. But nobody picked upso they have to attend.

@Molly123456 I'm known to them because our shed was burgaled in September and DP was in a car accident in November. That's all. I am not wasting police time. It was an accident that I didn't mean to do. Wind your neck in.

@Molly123456 you must be a troll. I work daily with social care and the police as I work with people with substance misuse issues and my DP with probation. Have you never had a heated discussion or argument with your partner?

Molly you are being ridiculous.

Not a troll. Worked all Christmas

@Nicknacky she's not wrong. I have been in trouble with the police for my behaviour Before. I got a speeding fine once 😂