DENVER — A woman who received a desperate text from her husband indicating he had been taken hostage said Tuesday that she called 911 but that police did not respond until about an hour later, by which time he had been shot and killed.
JAMES CITY COUNTY — Voting by the York County Board of Supervisors regarding the consolidation of the James City County (JCC) emergency dispatch center with the York-Williamsburg-Poquoson center will take place on Tuesday, June 6.
ANOKA COUNTY, Minn. (FOX 9) – The Anoka County Emergency Communications Center is seeing a sharp uptick in accidental 911 calls.
“From May 5 to June 5 there’s been about 2000 more,” Anoka County Sheriff’s Office Community Relations Coordinator Tierney Peters told FOX 9 on Monday.
NATCHEZ — The county’s Board of Supervisors seems ready to provide some relief in accommodations for the E-911 dispatch center, but members said they need to know if the City of Natchez is going to continue to be a part of the dispatch operations before moving forward.
CHIPPEWA COUNTY, Wis. (WEAU) – The Chippewa County Sheriff’s Office says in a Facebook post they are seeing an uptick in accidental 911 calls.
Here are some tips for preventing accidental 911 calls:
A text-to-911 service New York City launched in June 2020 has been helped emergency officials respond to more than 100,000 unique incidents.
