If you have kids or have kids or have ever been a babysitter, you have probably given a kid something to play with.  Giving a kid an old phone may be the best idea though.

Even though a cell phone is deactivated, the phone can still call 911 as long as the battery has power.

"This particular communications center answered approximately 69,000 911 calls last year. And of that 69,000 approximate number, almost 11 percent were from deactivated cell phones," said Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office communications manager Cathy Raley. "Just a little over 8,000."

That's on average around 20 phone calls per day.

You can see more on this story and hear an actual call at The Denver Channel.

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