PSA: the Moto G5 Plus on Verizon can’t dial 911 without a settings tweak

As noted by Droid Life, there’s a bug on the Verizon version of the Moto G5 Plus: it can’t dial 911 if you’ve turned on Voice over LTE (VoLTE). Lenovo has acknowledged the problem in its forums and says a fix is on the way soon:
We will be issuing a fix for this issue within the next week. Please accept and install the software update as soon as it is offered on your device.
The issue was uncovered after a G5 Plus user was unable to call emergency services and posted about the