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BROWN COUNTY (WLUK) – So far this year, Brown County emergency operators have received about 4,000 hang-up calls. People inadvertently or unknowingly calling 911and then hanging up because they don’t have an emergency.
Technology can be helpful in times of need, but also a nuisance when it accidentally dials 911 and you don’t need help.
“I would say last year we had almost 11,000 911 hang-ups,” said Chancy Huntzinger, Brown County Dir. of Public Safety Communications.
In each of those cases, 911 dispatchers needed to make contact with the caller to make sure everything was okay.
