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“For several hours during the height of the storm, the Monmouth County Communication Center was unable to answer incoming 911 calls as quickly as they were being received,” O’Halloran said. “Wall Township Police Communications assumed overflow call taker responsibilities to assist the county. On multiple occasions, unanswered 911 callers were automatically transferred between Burlington County and Wall Township, before ultimately reaching a dispatcher at Monmouth County.”
