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Kelly Titchenell sits on her porch in Mather, Pa., holding a photo of her mother Diania Kronk, and an urn containing her mother's ashes, Thursday, July 7, 2022. A Greene County, Pa., detective last week filed charges against 911 operator Leon “Lee” Price, 50, of Waynesburg, in the July 2020 death of Diania Kronk, 54, based on Price's reluctance to dispatch help without getting more assurance that Kronk would actually go to the hospital. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
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  • 8 July 2022
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  • 28 December 2017
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Can You Access Emergency Services by Pressing an iPhone’s Lock Button Five Times?
  • 29 November 2017
Users of the iPhones running iOS 11 can make use of the feature but should...
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Pennsylvania Man Arrested After Calling 911 for Conversation
  • 31 May 2017
An Allentown man was arrested after police said he repeatedly called 911 'seeking conversation.'
  • AP News
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  • 26 December 2016
Siri can do a lot of things, but she won't summon police surreptitiously in response...
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Telling Siri to ‘Charge My Phone to 100%’ Summons Police
Will Landlines Eventually Dial 911 or Emergency Services if Left Off the Hook?
  • 12 December 2016
Long-circulating rumors hold that phones left off the hook will eventually dial emergency services to...
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Will Landlines Eventually Dial 911 or Emergency Services if Left Off the Hook?
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