Rogue cell phone has 911 on redial
Sun Nov 18, 6:56 PM ET
WATERLOO, Iowa - A rogue cell phone is not accepting calls, but it
sure likes to dial 911 operators in eastern Iowa.
Operators at the Black Hawk County Consolidated Communications
Center said that they received about 400 calls from the same cell
phone last week and that no one seems to be on the other
line.
"That's it right now," said Dispatcher Chuck Hosier, as a phone
rang in the background. "It will ring in, and it's an open line.
Sometimes it rings in and drops off."
Officials can't locate the phone but have figured out that it is an
old line not currently associated with a cell phone provider. Such
phones, once charged up, can still place 911 calls under Federal
Communications Commission rules set in 1994.
The cell phone can't receive calls, and emergency workers haven't
been able to track the owner through service records, either.
"With this, we are pretty helpless," said Judy Flores, the center's
administrative supervisor.
Officials are suspicious that it could be a prank but they say
it's not funny and potentially dangerous.
Until the source of the calls is found or they stop, dispatchers
still have to answer every call just in case someone is on the line
with an emergency.
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Not sure how this is happening but it is quite funny 
