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Metro Wire Staff
Portage County residents can now send emergency messages to 911 dispatchers by text message.
Wireless customers can now send a text, up to 140 characters, to 911 in the event of an emergency.
Sheriff Mike Lukas said texts to 911 should only be used in an emergency situation.
“It is a crime to text or call 911 with a false report. Prank-texters can be located,” Lukas said in a news release on Monday…
