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Accidental Apple Watch Emergency SOS calls cause problems for local police A local police department in Kansas says they re seeing accidental calls that appear to be originating from Apple Watch devices, with the errant summons pulling resources away from actual emergencies. Credit: Andrew O Hara, AppleInsiderCredit: Andrew O Hara, AppleInsider Fox Kansas City, the Overland Park police department complains that it receives so many accidental phone calls that it is becoming a distraction. The Overland Park s 911 center typically gets about 250 emergency calls an hour, authorities said. What happens is while people are moving around in their sleep or exercising, they ll get the Apple Watch into the emergency mode. Without knowing it, the watch will actually call 911, said police captain Jim Sutterby.

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