ANTIGO, Wis. (WAOW) — Just this month, the Langlade County Sheriff’s Office says it’s taken more than 150 accidental 911 calls.
An accidental call could be fatal when interfering with a real call.
More than 700 times this year there’s been no emergency, just an accidental 9-1-1 call.
“Every time the dispatcher has to take a break to answer every single 9-1-1 call that comes in..it can certainly detract the job of assisting someone that really needs help instead of an accidental dial, and it takes a lot of time to accomplish that,” said Sheriff Mark Westen, Langlade County Sheriff’s Office… READ MORE
