# If arrested and you cannot remember a phone number what happens when you are allowed your "one call"?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 19, 2022, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-arrested-and-you-cannot-remember-a-phone-number-what-happens-when-you-are-allowed-your-one-call/959776 "2022-02-19T12:42:23Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 22, 2022, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-arrested-and-you-cannot-remember-a-phone-number-what-happens-when-you-are-allowed-your-one-call/959776/61 "2022-02-22T15:35:10Z")

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Thanks for the information. I’ll (hopefully) never get the opportunity to see all that first hand.

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