Iphones do have a hardware button combo for 911 that doesn’t require the screen if you hold down long enough: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208076 https://s

Iphones do have a hardware button combo for 911 that doesn’t require the screen if you hold down long enough: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208076 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208076 The issue is that you don’t want the button to be easy enough to press that 911 gets flooded with butt dials.