999 call but not in phone history?

[henry d]

Just had the police come round asking if I had "silent" called 999 yesterday. I checked, and showed them, my call history which had 3 calls to my wife and nothing else. I called my wife 3 times in a row yesterday because the first two times it wouldn't connect as there was no signal. The police said they weren't sure but it was around an hour after the call to my wife?

Does anyone know if this is possible at all or had anything similar?

[Stonepark]

Your phone has an emergency call function which is still accessible after your phone is locked and I suspect may not therefore show up in call log.

[old'un]

So that's how you get the police to attend.

[Windswept]

A quick Google shows it seems normal for mobiles not to log a 999 call. Worth a Google with you make of phone and network of you're worried.

[henry d]

I've been looking online and apparently there is a thing called "silent 999" you call but don't speak and the operator waits for a while then sends an automated message and when it finishes you hit 5 and 5 again and the police are dispatched. 

No problems as far as I can see with this type of phone. 

Thinking back I was using my phone on bbc sounds and Bluetoothed to my speakers???

[ph5172]

A lot of phones will dial 999 if you push the ‘lock’ button in quick succession.
 

they will also do it if they detect sudden movement and a stop (there were signs at a big theme park warning of this)

 

if you are out and about walking in the rain sometimes the damp from wet trousers and heat from your leg will cause the phone to call 

[Dougy]

Ive needed to call 999 quite a few times over the last few months and what it normally does is lock your phone for 2 hours after the call is connected. This is set up in case they need to call you back so ive been told by the emergency service. 

As to your silent call i have no idea how you would call 999 without actually keying in the numbers. 

 

Just checked my phone and it does log all 999 calls (Samsung)

Edited December 11, 2022 by Dougy

[welsh1]

I have a function on my phone that will dial 999 if it senses a sudden stop or violent action, it will ask me if i want to cancel and if i don't reply it will automatically call 999.
 

[ShootingEgg]

Even if you intentionally call triple 9 on a mobile it does not show in your call record, probably so thelat you don't accidentally pocket dial them 

[henry d]

2 hours ago, Dougy said:

Just checked my phone and it does log all 999 calls (Samsung)

Cheers Dougy, mine is also a Samsung 👍🏻

[Dougy]

1 hour ago, ShootingEgg said:

Even if you intentionally call triple 9 on a mobile it does not show in your call record, probably so thelat you don't accidentally pocket dial them 

It will if its a Samsung or at least mine has and does, i have 6 showing on on my call history since August. If your saying it doesn't on yours them may be its phone specific. 

[ShootingEgg]

13 minutes ago, Dougy said:

It will if its a Samsung or at least mine has and does, i have 6 showing on on my call history since August. If your saying it doesn't on yours them may be its phone specific. 

Yeah mine 100% doesn't show 

[Rim Fire]

I made a 999 call this morning was going checking mole traps I was travelling  through the lanes in the snow only about an inch when I passed a bend I seen yellow hazards on a car that was upside-down  in a ditch in a field after it had climbed the hedge  I couldn't  see anyone so dialled 999 

[12gauge82]

18 minutes ago, Rim Fire said:

I made a 999 call this morning was going checking mole traps I was travelling  through the lanes in the snow only about an inch when I passed a bend I seen yellow hazards on a car that was upside-down  in a ditch in a field after it had climbed the hedge  I couldn't  see anyone so dialled 999 

Better that than drive past and assume its okay. I've noticed they usually put police tape on an accident site that has been dealt with, so passers by know there's not someone left there. 

[Rim Fire]

13 minutes ago, 12gauge82 said:

Better that than drive past and assume its okay. I've noticed they usually put police tape on an accident site that has been dealt with, so passers by know there's not someone left there. 

My main  concern  was if they had a head injury and mabe concussion and wondered  off and collapsed both the air bags was gone off hopefully  they got out ok

[TIGHTCHOKE]

6 hours ago, henry d said:

Just had the police come round asking if I had "silent" called 999 yesterday. I checked, and showed them, my call history which had 3 calls to my wife and nothing else. I called my wife 3 times in a row yesterday because the first two times it wouldn't connect as there was no signal. The police said they weren't sure but it was around an hour after the call to my wife?

Does anyone know if this is possible at all or had anything similar?

Rather worrying, that

A. Your phone apparently dialled 999 and  

B. That the Police took so long to come and do anything about it!  

[12gauge82]

1 hour ago, Rim Fire said:

My main  concern  was if they had a head injury and mabe concussion and wondered  off and collapsed both the air bags was gone off hopefully  they got out ok

Fingers crossed 🤞

[Scully]

I’ve inadvertently called 999 twice on my iPhone; still have no idea how I did it. Have never looked to see if it’s logged or not. 

[henry d]

4 hours ago, TIGHTCHOKE said:

...That the Police took so long to come and do anything about it! 

Apparently it took some time to find me as we moved house from Scotland last year and I hadn't updated my giffgaff account details. They also said they didn't text back in case the phone was taken away from me. I suppose that they get a few calls like this and can't respond to all of them, I certainly won't leave it near my granddaughter as she is very clever even though she is not even two yet she finds tech easy to use and as the emergency call button is on the lock screen it could easily be accessed. No she wasn't with us yesterday. 

[12gauge82]

It's a really common occurrence i believe. I remember when mobile phones became common it caused a huge problem and phone manufacturers were either told or asked to install locking keypads to help reduce it. 

I wouldn't feel too bad, your not the first and won't be the last. 

[Westley]

A few weeks ago 2 Lancs Firearms Officers turned up at the local shooting ground. It seems one of the members of our group had accidentally activated the emergency call feature on his mobile phone. It kept calling 999. Police controller kept calling us back but we could not hear the phone ringing. They traced it to the shooting ground.  They phoned the ground who sent one of the ground staff  to our group. The young lad managed to stop the phone but the Police still attended.  They found it quite hilarious, thankfully.  We gave them a few shots each and they went for tea and bacon butty in the clubhouse. 

[discobob]

I had my mobile ring at work and I answered it to find it was the police - turns out my son had got the land line and had dialled 999 at home and they then couldn't get through. Quick call to my wifes phone and she was mortified.

I was involved around the turn of the millenia in LORS2 or "Silent Caller" as back then in the cowboy days of telecoms, if someone dialled 999 from a landline from another operator and didn't/couldn't speak it would then be trying to get in touch with the other operator to then get the address of the originating phone call. LORS2 was the collection of this information from operators for use by the emergency services. A bit of useless information for a Monday Morning