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This is actually something I've wondered about. What is the non-emergency number?
In the USA its 311 https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/nationally-assigned-3-d...
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This is actually something I've wondered about. What is the non-emergency number?
The one thing you can do is call 911 and when they respond, just say "I need the non-emergency line" and they'll usually transfer you immediately or just check quickly with you. Just don't waffle on.
You can just google the number.
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This is actually something I've wondered about. What is the non-emergency number?
The one thing you can do is call 911 and when they respond, just say "I need the non-emergency line" and they'll usually transfer you immediately or just check quickly with you. Just don't waffle on.
They probably wouldn't (but certainly could) charge you with it if you just do it once or without warning you, but still, it's an obvious abuse of the 911 system.
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The one thing you can do is call 911 and when they respond, just say "I need the non-emergency line" and they'll usually transfer you immediately or just check quickly with you. Just don't waffle on.
Please don’t tie up emergency dispatchers by using them like a receptionist. You can just google the number.
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The one thing you can do is call 911 and when they respond, just say "I need the non-emergency line" and they'll usually transfer you immediately or just check quickly with you. Just don't waffle on.
Please don’t tie up emergency dispatchers by using them like a receptionist. You can just google the number.
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This is actually something I've wondered about. What is the non-emergency number?
It’s just a regular phone number, so it depends what department you are trying to call. Google or a phone book is what you need.
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It’s just a regular phone number, so it depends what department you are trying to call. Google or a phone book is what you need.
How do you know what number to Google? Here's a real example. The day after a storm I noticed a tree leaning on a powerline. This was ~20 miles from where I live in a different county and township. If I hadn't already lived in that area before, I would have no clue who it call. 911 isn't appropriate because it's not an emergency... but that does need to get fixed.
Or you can ask an LLM for some guidance.
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Please don’t tie up emergency dispatchers by using them like a receptionist. You can just google the number.
It's the same people as non emergency line
If it’s not an emergency, there is no reason to call 911.
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It’s just a regular phone number, so it depends what department you are trying to call. Google or a phone book is what you need.
How do you know what number to Google? Here's a real example. The day after a storm I noticed a tree leaning on a powerline. This was ~20 miles from where I live in a different county and township. If I hadn't already lived in that area before, I would have no clue who it call. 911 isn't appropriate because it's not an emergency... but that does need to get fixed.
You will probably arrive on the term “power company”. Then you can think, “hmm. What is a resource I can use to find their phone number?”. At that point you might realize that you have a little black rectangle in your pocket that is connected to a company called google that will tell you this exact information if you search “local power company”. If you inspect this device carefully, you will notice that it has more digits than just 9 and 1. You don’t even need to know where you are, google will do that for you to save your brain the trouble of overtaxing itself. In fact google will surface the clickable phone number for emergencies in your area if you do this (I just checked).
In any case, if you think it might be an emergency, it’s ok to call 911. They explicitly ask you to if there is doubt. The main thing is if you KNOW it isn’t an emergency, then, well, it isn’t an emergency. You have time to figure out what the correct thing to do is, because, again, it isn’t an emergency.
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Please don’t tie up emergency dispatchers by using them like a receptionist. You can just google the number.
How do you know what number to even Google if it's not where you immediately live?
What world do you live in where you need to make a non emergency call to the local police, but can’t just google “PLACE NAME police non emergency phone”?
Most people don’t know the police non emergency line for where they DO live, so you can safely just use the same procedure you use at home for phone number discovery when you are away from home. If you don’t have that dialed in, google can help you there too. It’s a fantastic place to learn all sorts of basic life skills.