An iPhone reports a crash that never happened - The Boston Globe

Every day, constabulary officers respond to reports of each sorts of events and nonevents, astir of which ne'er marque the news. Here is simply a sampling of lesser-known — but nary little noteworthy — incidents from constabulary log books (a.k.a. blotters) successful our suburbs.

FALSE ALARM

On the greeting of Dec. 6, Bedford constabulary dispatch received an automated connection reporting that an iPhone was progressive successful a clang successful the country of 394 North Road. When the fig was called back, the idiosyncratic who answered said helium dropped his cellphone and it dialed automatically and determination was nary emergency. It turned retired that his iPhone has a clang detection feature, which is disposable connected newer models of the iPhone and Apple Watch. According to Apple’s website, the clang detection diagnostic is designed to observe “severe car crashes — specified arsenic front-impact, side-impact, and rear-end collisions and rollovers — involving sedans, minivans, SUVs, pickup trucks, and different rider cars” and automatically calls exigency services aft a 20-second hold if it doesn’t person a effect from the user. In this case, it was conscionable a mendacious alarm.

THESE COWS ARE NIGHT OWLS

Shortly aft midnight connected Jan. 7, Stow constabulary got a telephone from a idiosyncratic who was acrophobic that cows were roaming astir the Pilot Grove Farm aft dark. Police spoke to the proprietor of the farm, who explained that the cows had escaped scope of the fields and were capable to travel successful and retired of the barn. The proprietor told constabulary that she would spell cheque connected them to marque definite everything was OK, conscionable to beryllium sure.

BUMPER STICKER BROUHAHA

At 9:18 a.m. connected Dec. 16, Bridgewater constabulary received a call from a antheral successful Central Square who said different antheral “did not similar the stickers helium had connected his vehicle” and threatened to harm him.

FEATHERED VISITOR SHOWS UP UNANNOUNCED

At 3:48 p.m. connected Dec. 17, Hingham constabulary received a telephone from idiosyncratic connected Andrews Isle Road who reported determination was a vertebrate trapped successful their fireplace. It turned retired to beryllium a woodpecker. According to the log entry, the serviceman who responded to the telephone said the woodpecker was successfully “removed and sent connected its way.”

WATCH OUT FOR THOSE PIPES

At 9:58 a.m. connected Dec. 13, Hingham constabulary got a 911 telephone from idiosyncratic adjacent the Stars connected Hingham Harbor edifice who said they saw a tiny achromatic Toyota driving astir with pipes sticking retired of its backmost window, and the pipes were truthful agelong they were astir hitting different vehicles. The caller told constabulary the Toyota was heading toward the Route 3A rotary. According to the log entry, the 2 poles were sticking retired 5 feet from the window, and they were astir hitting oncoming traffic. The poles astir struck a container motortruck arsenic the Toyota passed Rockland Street, and the “poles person shifted and are not retired arsenic much,” according to the log. The Toyota yet ended up successful Hull, and a responding serviceman reported that the poles had been fixed truthful they were nary longer sticking retired truthful far.

TIRED HUSBAND

At 9:01 p.m. connected Dec. 12, Hingham constabulary answered a 911 telephone from idiosyncratic successful the vicinity of Patriot Cinemas connected Shipyard Drive who saw a antheral slumped implicit the steering instrumentality of a container truck. The caller told constabulary the operator appeared to beryllium breathing, but erstwhile they knocked connected the model helium was unresponsive. First responders who arrived astatine the country reported determination was thing to interest about: The antheral was taking a nap successful a U-Haul motortruck portion helium was waiting for his woman to get retired of work.

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