Is it true that if anyone calls 911 from their cell phone, can the dispatcher try to track you down if there is a GPS system installed? Will the personal information (the # will show up on the computer) will show up on the the dispatcher's computer? If you call multi-x-times, will they track where you are currently at? How does the main system work if you dial 911 more than 2-x-times? How does this process work? If you know how this works, please tell me with the straight answer. Thank You!
2007-10-09 07:28:00 · 4 answers · asked by Erik W 1 in Consumer Electronics ➔ Cell Phones & Plans
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2007-10-09 07:28:33 · update #1
It's the phone companies who would track you, by using the distance of your phone to their masts to work out where you are (triangulation);
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4738219.stm
2007-10-09 07:42:19 · answer #1 · answered by pluginmaybe 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The phone company can pinpoint the position of any cell(mobile) phone to within a very few feet - they do this by triangulating the signal from 2 or more cell transmitters - it does not need to have any GPS system installed. Unless you have specifically set your cell phone to withold your number then it will show up on the receiving computer.
Takes a little time to do but here in the UK at the request of the police this has been done a number of times. That evidence has then been accepted in court and has led to the conviction of a number of felons.
I don't know the law in the USA - but here in the UK the police can request that information from a phone company to assist them in any investigation into a possible breach of the law.
If you have repeatedly called 911 without just cause then I hope the law is the same in the US and that the police trace you and bring you to justice.
Do you realise that while you are phoning emergency numbers without cause someone else who really needs help may not be able to get through and you may well have contributed to somebodies death
2007-10-09 07:48:24 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
particular, 911 can song you down, utilising GPS (in the adventure that your telephone is enabled) or via pinging your cellular telephone, besides the indisputable fact that i've got faith they could get a courtroom order to get the advice from the cellular organization. i might think of the information from you cellular telephone might seem on the computing gadget of the 911 dispatcher contained in the comparable way it exhibits up on any caller identity.
2016-10-06 09:22:56 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why would you want to dial 911 if it weren't an emergency?
2007-10-09 07:34:22 · answer #4 · answered by Stephen M 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋