We built the app to enable users to text 911 dispatchers their exact location and name at the right time — without unlocking their phone.<p>Earlier this year we saw Text-to-911 launch in several areas around the country with the effort to improve public safety.<p>It works wherever text to 911 is available (predominantly Chicago, Dallas, Indiana, Maine, and Vermont).<p>We would love your feedback and thoughts.
How does this app find a "specific address" to send, as the website describes it? What guarantee is there that it doesn't send the cops to my neighbor's address?
For what it's worth, according to FCC data, 9 out of 10 wireless 911 calls don't have accurate location info, so it sounds like this service could be pretty useful: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/business/2014/07/9-out-of-10-wireless-911-calls-in-dc-dont-provide-accurate-location-info/" rel="nofollow">http://arstechnica.com/business/2014/07/9-out-of-10-wireless...</a>
Have you thought of accidental calls?<p>Cellphones used to have similar emergency buttons. People sitting on their phones caused too many calls and these buttons have now disappeared. [1]<p>[1] <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocket_dialing" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocket_dialing</a>