The 911 system in St. Bernard Parish was back up and running Tuesday afternoon, after its emergency and non-emergency lines were down for about 14 hours.
A service provider informed the St. Bernard Parish Sheriff’s Office at about 4 p.m. that repairs to the system were successful, the Sheriff’s Office said.
The 911 communications center first reported issues with the emergency phone lines on Monday at about 10 p.m. While the 911 center was able to receive some emergency calls, its service provider couldn’t tell if all 911 calls were going through. Calls to the non-emergency line weren’t going through at all, the Sheriff’s Office said… READ MORE
