a consumer alert for you this morning
police could end up at your door
thanks to your Apple watch newsChannel
fives hannah mcdonald talked to a user
who says the SOS feature is asking for
trouble
it's on the side right here Susan slay
learned the hard way where the 9-1-1
feature is on her Apple watch I was
actually at a party with about 15 to 20
people and I heard a knock on the door
it was Hendersonville police looking for
her he said did you call the police
and I said no I didn't and I looked at
my phone and I did at some point she
accidentally tapped the button that
notifies the local authorities goes to
the Sumner County consolidated dispatch
at the Emergency Operations Center where
a dispatcher will answer the phone and
try and see what the emergency is
sergeant Jeffrey Brewer says the county
received nearly 60 accidental 911 calls
from Apple watches in 2018 could be used
to flex of the wrist to activate that
menu police follow up on every call we
were spawned out and check on everybody
that calls 9-1-1 whether there was an
accident or whether it was on purpose
Susan took matters into her own hands
and switched off the feature there we go
here
hold side button turn it on we could
turn it off she would rather not risk
critical resources be out of position
because of her mistake
I just think that'll be the safest I
think it's bad to do because I don't
want it to happen again and have the
police come out Hannah McDonald News
Channel 5 this happened to me the other
day at the gym too but it's easy to turn
off I did it thanks to her instructions
with just three clicks but think about
it before you do that because sergeant
burrows said there are benefits to the
911 feature especially for people who
have some medical problems
