bigkahuna1986Jun 14, 2025
Somebody is going to get killed from this.
Show threadtiramichuJun 14, 2025

For sure.

If they’ve got a problem with non-emergency callers dialing 911, surely it would be best to try and reduce that problem through other means (such as fining persistent inappropriate use of 911)

I don’t want to talk to a fucking robot when I’m on the floor dying.

Show threaddavidgroJun 14, 2025
I think the non-emergency number should be heavily advertised. I have no idea what the local one for me is (if it even exists)
Show threadtiramichuJun 14, 2025

Promoting that the nunber exists as a actual thing people should use is good, yeah. :)

The actual number isn’t so important, though. If ever needed to call the non-emergency number I’d search it up, which fortunately I can do given I’ve got loads of time because it’s not an emergency.

Show threadBassTurd
I would bet there are large swaths of people that don’t know there is a nonemergency number to look up.
Jun 14, 2025 at 10:06pmWeb
Show threadlaurathepluralizedJun 16, 2025
And in some locations (e.g. Atlanta, last time I checked), there is no non-emergency number–you call 911 regardless and the dispatcher directs the call.
Show threadBassTurdJun 16, 2025
There seems like a very easy solution here that doesn’t require AI.