Some police departments in Massachusetts were experiencing issues with their phone lines Wednesday afternoon.

At 2:29 p.m. Cambridge police tweeted that “wireline and wireless 911 call capability across the state is intermittently impacted at this time” and suggested people use the department’s emergency communications number (617-349-4900) or business line (617-349-3300).

Jeremy Warnick, a spokesman for the Cambridge Police Department, said the city’s Emergency Communications Center was notified by the State 911 Department of a “possible 911 outage”… READ MORE