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Comment on Colorado: to test the 911 service, you must first place a normal call to the 911 center. WTF, they don’t think you might be unable to do that?

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dfyx@lemmy.helios42.de ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

You’re constructing an argument that’s so specific, you’re basically begging to be the victim.

If you a) have a device that can’t make regular calls b) have no way to contact a non-emergency number through a different device to ask for advice and c) absolutely need to test this right now, then you’re about one in a million. Just make that call, answer the “what’s your emergency?” question with “No emergency right now, I need to test that my device that can’t make regular calls will work in a real emergency. Sorry, I couldn’t reach your non-emergency number.” and it will be fine.

It’s only an illegit 911 call if you call them for fun or if you test so often it can no longer be considered necessary.

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debanqued@beehaw.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

and it will be fine.

Citation needed that there will be no fine to pay.

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- dfyx@lemmy.helios42.de ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Well, go ask the non-emergency line if it’s okay. That’s what is recommended. Looks like you have access to the internet. What keeps you from writing an email to your local police station and just ask what you should do? I can’t know where you live. I can only tell that in my 38 years of life, these things have been solved by actually talking to people or trying things. Certainly not by complaining on the internet to people who can’t do anything about it and then not even suggesting a better solution.
  
  Sorry, but you don’t seem like you want a solution. You want something to complain about.
  
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  - debanqued@beehaw.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
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    dfyx@lemmy.helios42.de ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    
    Some of us are activists. It is our duty expose incompetence. It is nobody’s duty to expose anything for the sake of exposing it. It is our duty to expose things for the sake of solving them. If you have a better solution, we’re ready to hear it.
    
    The question is, why would have it covered up? I don’t see anything being covered up. You have linked an official government website that tells you how to perform the test. Looks like you have found it. Doesn’t seem like much of a secret. Where else should they put it?
    
    Of course the reason I was looking into how to test 911 is because I actually fucking need to test it Then do what they tell you to do: contact them beforehand (borrow a phone from a neighbor or send them an email) and ask if they have free capacity for a test call and what you should do if you don’t know which 911 call center your VOIP setup will reach.
    
    you asshole! Reported.
    
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