PIERRE — Hang-ups of misdialed 911 emergency phones calls are becoming a bigger and bigger concern to Public Safety Answering Points or PSAPs across the state. Cindy Gross managers the Central South Dakota Communications Center in Pierre says in many cases it’s the phone to blame…
If you do call 911 by accident, don’t hang up on the dispatcher…
If you do hang up, well, expected a phone call…
In January, Central South Dakota Communication received 585 9-1-1 calls, of which 177 were misdials; an average five-point-seven misdials per day. June averaged over 17 misdialed 9-1-1 calls a day.
