Mission Local
With an increase in calls and a shortage of people to answer them, San Francisco’s Department of Emergency Management instituted a new campaign, Make the Right Call, aimed at reducing unnecessary — and accidental — 911 dials.
“A large portion are, for lack of a better word, ‘butt dials,’ ’’ said Francis Zamora, the agency’s director of external affairs.
Around 30 percent of all calls to 911 in San Francisco are unintentional.
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