"Emergency Call" button location on Galaxy S4 etc

Unfortunately the "Emergency Call" button is placed immediately above the "Home" button. On the S4 Active, and most likely with other models, with ANY of the screen lock options set it is VERY easy to dial 911 by mistake. You are given no ability to turn this off, ask for confirmation before dialing, or even relocate the emergency button to another spot of the screen.  Simply touching the lower side of the phone 3x will dial 911 from your pocket.  The only solution ATT has given is to disable the screen lock.

I feel this is something that needs attention but customer service essentially says to deal with it.    In the past few months I have answered my phone several times only to find that the local authorities are returning my call.  I have also read about this on a number of public forums.  I imagine the FCC would love to know about this trend.