Is there a way to simply add the Emergency Information into your phone Wallet App? Your Emergency contact list of Lawyer, etc?
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There are a couple ways to set up emergency contacts on an iPhone. But I think that when you call 911 or your phone detects a crash it will also send a message to your emergency contacts if you set it up that way. Having died once already I like having this option to contact my wife and brother if I call 911. But I don’t want my phone to call the USCCA Critical Response Team or my lawyer when I or someone I am with is having a medical emergency.
I have the USCCA Critical Response Team number in my contacts under that heading. In the company field I have Delta Defense Lawyer Attorney. That way if I am all flustered after an event all I have to do is go to contacts and search for any part of the name or any one of those words and it will pop up.
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I have the number in my contacts list .
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One other thing which I am guilty of not having done in awhile. It is good to at least occasionally practice a full on walk through of a self defense event.
I like to imagine different scenarios. Draw and fire to a surprise attack, try to deescalate then draw and fire if necessary, fake compliance and create distraction then draw and fire, etc. Then I pull my phone out, pretend dial 911, say I was involved in whatever my scenario was please
send an ambulance and LEOs, hang up, open contacts find and call Critical Response Team number, tell arriving LEOs minimum basics of what happened and point out key evidence, tell them I will cooperate fully but have to wait to talk to my attorney.
This may be best to practice with dry fire at home or at an informal shooting pit. Doing this at the public range may draw quite a bit of attention. Though maybe seeing this will teach others that self defense requires a lot more skills than calmly poking holes in paper.
Realistic practice with proper technique makes the real tasks easier to handle.
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Forgot to mention. Welcome to the community @Scott475 !
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On my USCCA contact on my phone, I added what I should say when I call 911 or talk to the police, from the back of my membership card. I also have my membership number and lawyer’s name. That way it’s all right in front of me in one place.
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Welcome to the community @Andrew310
Good ideas!
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Welcome to the community Andrew
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It’s good to have all that contact information plugged into your contact list.
In an emergency you just want to dial direct, not have to research that information under critical incident circumstances.
First things first, input all that data on both sides of your USCCA membership card especially phone numbers.
Look up your state list of network lawyers, pick your preference, and notify USCCA that’s the one that you what designated as your lawyer when you notify them of a critical incident.
You will have enough other things to think about, and distract you from doing that during a critical incident situation.
For instance, I first chose the closest one possible to me for our mutual convenience in case we had to visit each other: me to his firm’s office, him to my county’s court house.
I then looked up his CV education, qualifications, and professional experience.
He checked all the blocks I was concerned about. Has a doctoral degree DJ in law, is admitted to the state bar, and licensed to practice law in my state, is an experienced criminal law defense attorney which, is what you need to clear you of any wrongful accusations.
I included in remarks the script to state when calling 911 first, my particular USCCA membership information when calling the critical incident number, who my chosen network attorney is, and his contact information incase they have a glitch, and that does not popup when they pull me up on their system.
As back up I have all my network attorney’s information in another phone contact to relay, or call him myself.
Also have the instructions to follow when the police arrive.
Like following all their instructions, saying that I will fully cooperate, but first that I must talk to my attorney… etc.
It’s all on your membership card but, for backup, and convenience it’s also in my phone.
Now is the time to set all that up at your leisure when you are not under the pressures of an incident, and being distracted by that situation.
Especially, looking up who you want to represent you legally, and their qualifications, and complete contact information, vs. letting USCCA choose. But, if you never get to that ask for the closest one to you first as a mutual convenience.
From what I can see, they have done their homework, and have chosen qualified attorneys to be in their network.
It’s just nice to know that for yourself in advance.
My first choice for my convenience happens to be very well suited to my preferences.
I don’t know that there is a convenient “share contact” like iPhone has from one user to another to plug any, or all of the into your iPhone’s contact list.
You likely face doing all that data entry input yourself.
But, that effort is worth the peace of mind knowing that you have that all in place in advance of a critical incident so all you need to do is start calling 911, and than USCCA critical incident number, and it all flows from there without having to panic, or sweat the details, having prepared all that in advance.
I am a detail kind of guy, and like to have all my ducks in a row before any SHTF scenario happens.
That, started with my military experience of being on short notice alert status for worldwide deployment readiness.
So, that I am in that mindset, and apply that approach to being a responsibly armed citizen.
The bad guys just want to catch you off guard with their element of surprise attack.
You have to be prepared to respond instantly, and automatically to counter that, or suffer the consequences.
Doing my homework in advance is just one more thing that I don’t have to worry about when the SHTF.
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Yes…if you’re phone is handy. No reason to have one way. I keep contact info in multiple places, including on paper…so someone else could call. Just like having a firearm that is ready to roll, in case someone else has to use it for you.
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Good stuff, good stuff
Call 911, attacked, defended self, this location, police and ambulance
Call critical response team, answer only what is asked
To police, you were attacked, defended yourself, will cooperate need attorney, STFU
Shorter:
911
USCCA
Ask for lawyer and stfu
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Agreed, redundancy is another hallmark of my military experience. Have a backup for your backup. #1-is consulting your membership card. #2-is your phone, you have to make notifications, #3-is a hard copy printout incase you cannot get to #s 1& 2. But, number two is critical to start making calls with the step by step instructions on your card. Having done that, I can pick up any other phone and call 911 knowing what to say, then look up USCCA’s critical incident number to call, and answer enough of their questions to let them pull my account up, and confirm enough information to get my attorney notified by confirming my choice on their screen, or my telling them his name and firm’s location and they can get his particulars. That’s one of the benefits of having done my homework in advance.
I am not helpless in contributing to that process, without anything in hand to reference.
Having done my homework and all that I suggested in my post, all I did was write that from memory without having to look any of that up.
I have not memorized any phone numbers beyond 911, they are on my membership card, and in my phone.
I know my attorney’s name, and where his practice firm office is so, that if USCCA does have that pop up on their system when I call, I can say yes, that’s my attorney.
Then they can officially notify him, and start his payment meter.
One less thing that I need to be concerned about until we need to communicate directly with each other.
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@Scott475 and @Andrew310 Welcome to the community!
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:). Thanks for the info- all sound like good suggestions,. And thanks for the welcome!
Stay safe.
Scott Martin
www.3Labs.com
Sorry I can’t respond to your comment directed to me. Someone apparently found it to be offensive or in violation of forum rules and made it disappear before I could read what it said.
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That keeps happening.
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Yea could be hard to mess with your phone while handcuffed because that’s the first thing that will happen when the cops get there saying “ you’re not under arrest your just being detained till we can figure out what happened “ simply because there was a gun involved, and if you get to demanding they will tell you that you can get a call when we get to HQ which is 99% of the time you’re gonna go in the first place, till it’s sorted out of course. So I would call them before the cops
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I am not a lawyer but suspect that calling one before calling 911 might be looked at in a negative light by prosecutors and juries.
The recomended action on the back of the USCCA card says to call 911 then hang up and call the USCCA Critical Response team.
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Excellent advice about lining up a compatible attorney ahead of time. I’ll be acting on it.
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Well that will work also my point was just get them in action before the cops get there, 911 first is fine but if you do that they will ask you every question in the book and it will take five minutes at least . My mom almost died a couple weeks ago and I was staying here to take cart of her and I had to call them and they asked me so many questions I was getting pizzas and almost was gonna say “ are you going to come and take her to the hospital or f****ng not “!?? And they finally said they will send it out.
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