@mystery-ak @Oceander @CatherineofAragon @Freya @Maj. Bill MartinAbout police and emergency 911 call:
A story about a 911 call and me (it's okay to laugh at me at the end):
After my husband died, an engineer extended family member, was concerned I would fall at home and he connected a device to my phone and part of that was a thingy to wear around my neck so I could punch it and a 911 call would go to Emergency Medical EMTs, the ambulance group. Included in that he put in my friend's phone number so she would automatically be called, too.
One night, as I went to bed, I took off the thingy and dropped it on the bedside table as I always did. Shortly, I got a call from my friend whose number was on that device. She was in Austin at a meeting, and was in bed when she got this call. She said to me, "What is wrong?" I said nothing is wrong and why are you calling? She said the phone rang with a message to call me. Oh, No!, it dawned on me the thingy I dropped must have punched the button on it. I told her I was fine and needed to go downstairs.
I grabbed the device and rushed downstairs and heard banging on the door before I got downstairs. I opened the door and it was like Christmas out there - lights flashing all over. There was a firetruck, police cars, and an ambulance, all with lights flashing and all these people at the door ready to rush inside the house.
I held out the device and said this got punched accidentally and I was so sorry they were there. They were gracious, thankful I was not in trouble. I told them I would never drop this device again on the table. I felt terrible I had caused all this trouble.
If you use one of these devices, be aware how easy it is to punch that button accidentally and have mega lights blinking outside your house. You may now laugh...