<sf> wrote in message
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> Don't call 911 on your cell phone unless you're on the highway....
> you'll get the state police and they have to route it to the correct
> police station. I dial 411 and let them connect me to the local
> police.

That depends on where you are. Many places here in CT have no local police,
just the State Police and 911 is the fastest way to get them, and with the
new GPS phones they can tell where you are.