Are 999 or 101 calls tracked?

[photosnob]

If you call up and state you don't want to give your name do the police take an active role in recording the number etc... To identify the person making the call.

I have no intension of calling and reporting anything at present - but it's something I have wondered about.

I'm not talking about maliciously calling and causing grief. But more along the lines of - there is a bloke on xyz road whos getting his head kicked in etc... And not fake bomb hoaxes.

If it is recorded is this information given to regular police officers who respond?

Can't see how that information would affect anything sensitive. So I'd appreciate it if anyone in the know could tell me.

Thanks

[mph1977]

photosnob said:

If you call up and state you don't want to give your name do the police take an active role in recording the number etc... To identify the person making the call.

I have no intension of calling and reporting anything at present - but it's something I have wondered about.

I'm not talking about maliciously calling and causing grief. But more along the lines of - there is a bloke on xyz road whos getting his head kicked in etc... And not fake bomb hoaxes.

If it is recorded is this information given to regular police officers who respond?

Can't see how that information would affect anything sensitive. So I'd appreciate it if anyone in the know could tell me.

Thanks

the number presented to the network will be known ( as 141 doesn't hide your number from the the networks and the 999 services) and the network would be able to provide some level of location data post -hoc even if it was just which cell site was used and recent handovers/ polling of cell sites

Edited by mph1977 on Thursday 19th March 19:03

[Blue Oval84]

As above, call from a landline and they WILL know your number (and therefore the registered address of the landline)

Call from a mobile and they will get the number and also approximate location (eventually), if the mobile is a contract, or PAYG that you have ever registered or topped up using a card, then they will still be able to find out who you are.

[SkinnyPete]

In the end its probably best not to call, if you are worried about this sort of thing.

[mph1977]

with regard to the query aobut will the police responding know who called it in , probably not if you didn't give your name , however it doesn;t mean that comms won;t be trying to find that information out in case itis either a hoax or they want you as a witness etc.

[Nickyboy]

I remember years ago when i had to dial 999 your number was read out by a computer before the operator answered

[Baryonyx]

Yes, if you don't give your name or number they can still see the number used and search by it later.

[XCP]

Went to loads of 'abandoned niners'. Might be someone dying on the other end.

[Heaveho]

I rang 101 from my mobile to report a tool vandalising cars outside the local hospital late at night, and they knew who I was pretty quickly without being told.

[mph1977]

Nickyboy said:

I remember years ago when i had to dial 999 your number was read out by a computer before the operator answered

it's actually the BT or C+W 999 operator reading it off their screen as they connect you to the relevant 999 control room

for those who do not know becasue they've never done it or never had to find out aobut it foe work purposes when you dial 999 or 112 ( they are interchangable in the UK ) you are connected to a BT or cable + wireless managed 999 centre -

-these are the people who answer the call with " emergency, which service do you require ?"
- they then, based on the location information they get from BT/ Virgin / mobile networks, connect you to the relevant control room
-when the control room answer say along the lines of " this is BT emergency operator connecting <phone number > , caller please go ahead "
- then the police / fire /ambulance / coastguard call taker takes over with the " tell me what has happened / where is the emergency ?" bit ...

[eskidavies]

2 police officers walked in my house one day as my missus was in the shower,reason was a phone registerd to address called 999 and screaming could be heard,what it was my boy pocket dialled emergency whilst on break at school,all the huble and shouting in the background must have lead operator to think someone being attacked.

[Steve57]

Post above reminds me,

One Sat afternoon/early evening i was just home from work as the wife had to leave to go to her evenings bar work, about 30 m ins after she left there is a knock at the front door. when i open the door the local beat officer is standing there and asks to come in for a chat!!!

Turns out 1 1/2 YO daughter had been playing with the cordless phone and albeit the phone was locked you can still dial 999 or 112!!!!

Opps within 24 hours i had fitted a shelf and the phone was mounted out of reach...