Someone Kept Calling 911 From Their Address — Then Police Started Showing Up for the Wrong Room

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A person said a strange and unsettling pattern developed after someone kept calling 911 and using their address, sending police to the wrong place more than once.

The person shared the situation in a post on r/legaladvice, explaining that emergency calls were being connected to their address even though the calls were not coming from them. That is not the kind of address mistake anyone wants to deal with.

A wrong delivery is annoying. A bill in someone else’s name is suspicious. But repeated 911 calls tied to your address can turn into an immediate safety problem. Police responding to an emergency call do not arrive casually. They may believe someone is in danger, someone is threatening others, or something urgent is happening behind the door.

According to the poster, officers were showing up for the wrong room. That detail made the situation especially stressful. If they lived in an apartment, hotel, dorm, shared building, or multi-unit property, a wrong room number or address confusion could send law enforcement directly to them even when the emergency was somewhere else.

That can be frightening for everyone involved. The resident may be startled by police at the door. Officers may be working with incomplete or incorrect information. Neighbors may see the response and assume the resident is involved in something serious. If it happens more than once, it can start to feel like the home itself is being marked by someone else’s emergency calls.

The poster needed to know what to do. Could they make police correct the record? Should they contact dispatch? Was someone intentionally using their address? Could this be harassment? What if the wrong-address calls kept happening and one response escalated?

Those questions matter because 911 systems rely on location information, caller statements, phone data, and dispatch records. If someone is giving the wrong address on purpose, that is different from a technical glitch. If dispatch data is wrong, that needs to be corrected before the mistake repeats. If another person in the building is confused, intoxicated, or using the wrong room number, that pattern still needs to be documented.

The fear is not abstract. Police responses can carry risk when the information is wrong. A resident may worry about being woken up at night, having officers enter a building looking for an emergency, or being mistaken for someone involved in a call. They may also worry that if a real emergency happens somewhere else, help will be delayed because responders keep going to the wrong door.

The post did not describe one accidental visit. It described repeated 911 calls connected to the wrong address, enough for the resident to ask how to stop it.

Commenters Told Them to Contact Dispatch and Build a Record

Commenters generally told the poster that this needed to be handled through official channels, not just explained at the door each time.

Several people said the resident should contact the nonemergency police line or local 911 dispatch center and explain that emergency calls were repeatedly being routed to the wrong address or room. The goal was to get the issue noted in the system before the next response.

Others suggested asking whether a caution note or location note could be added for the address, especially if the issue involved a multi-unit building or repeated confusion with a nearby room. Dispatch may not be able to promise it will never happen again, but a record could help responders understand the pattern.

Commenters also told the person to document every visit. That meant writing down the date, time, officers’ names or badge numbers if available, what they said, what room they were looking for, and whether there was a call or incident number. If the same wrong information appeared repeatedly, that timeline would matter.

Some commenters said property management should be told if the issue involved an apartment or shared building. The building may have confusing numbering, outdated records, duplicate addresses, or signage problems that make emergency response harder. Management may need to clarify unit numbers, update directories, or communicate with local emergency services.

There was also concern about intentional misuse. If someone was deliberately calling 911 and giving the poster’s address, commenters said that could become a police matter on its own. Repeated false emergency calls using another person’s address could create danger and harassment concerns.

The post did not end with the caller identified or the address problem fixed. It ended with the resident trying to keep police from repeatedly arriving at the wrong room because someone else was using their address.

That is what made the situation serious. This was not only an inconvenience. A wrong 911 address can bring police to someone’s door under tense circumstances and send help away from wherever it is actually needed.

Commenters did not tell the poster to simply explain it again next time. They told them to contact dispatch, document each response, involve property management if needed, and push for an official note before another emergency call sends officers to the wrong door.

Because when someone keeps calling 911 from your address, the problem is not only the knock from police. It is the risk that one bad address could turn an emergency response into a dangerous mistake.