{"id":2165,"date":"2012-11-23T07:54:07","date_gmt":"2012-11-23T11:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beta.sellcell.com\/blog\/?p=2165"},"modified":"2019-04-12T11:07:16","modified_gmt":"2019-04-12T11:07:16","slug":"toddlers-calling-911-risking-lives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/toddlers-calling-911-risking-lives\/","title":{"rendered":"Toddlers calling 911 risking lives"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Phone1.jpg\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-2166\" title=\"Phone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Phone1.jpg\" alt width=\"180\" height=\"120\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-2166 lazyload\" title=\"Phone\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20180%20120%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt width=\"180\" height=\"120\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Phone1.jpg\"><\/a>Across the United States, 911 dispatchers are ready to tear their hair out due to a growing problem involving toddlers playing with old cell phones.&nbsp; In Denison, Texas, 911 dispatchers have been answering almost a thousand calls each year from young children.&nbsp; This would not be a problem if the children were making legitimate calls to ask for help, as has sometimes happened, but in these cases, the child is simply playing with an old cell phone.<\/p>\n<p>Non-necessary calls occupy a 911 operator&#8217;s time and they could potentially lead to tragedy if a true emergency is not dealt with as quickly as possible.&nbsp; Fire Dispatcher Leisa Gailey, who answers as many as 200 calls each day for the city of Denison, reports that she usually receives several every day that originate with children simply punching random button.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is a nightmare for call 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