Butt Dial

• Waterloo police want people to check their phones after uptick in accidental 911 calls

  Waterloo regional police are asking people to check their phones as their communications centre has recently seen a 'significant increase in 911 accidental dials.'

  Canada

  Jul 6, 2023
  
• No butts about it: Why one Quebec police force wants pocket dialing to stop

  Quebec City police receive so many accidental calls to 911 that it is reaching out to the public, asking residents to stop unintentionally pocket dialing them.

  Canada

  Jun 8, 2023
  
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• ‘World’s unluckiest burglars’ butt-dialled police during U.K. heist

  U.K. police say they arrested two men who called them during a burglary.

  Trending

  Jan 8, 2021
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• ‘Butt dial’ leads to arrest as two men accidentally call 911, openly discuss doing drugs

  Two Kentucky men were arrested Friday after police said they accidentally “butt dialed” 911 while discussing a drug deal.

  Crime

  Sep 13, 2016