There were a lot of 911 calls in Marathon County over the weekend, but many of them were mistakes.
The sheriff in Wausau says 911 dispatchers got 113 accidental 911 calls on Saturday. The sheriff’s office says many of those calls can be blamed on phones that automatically dial 911 if the power button is pushed too many times, or if some simply swipes their screen too many times. Sheriff’s offices across the state say they are seeing similar accidental calls, but not 113 in one day. The sheriff says you can avoid making an accidental 911 call by changing your phone’s emergency settings.
