According to an emergency alert sent by the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency the afternoon of July 11, the commonwealth "is experiencing a statewide intermittent 911 outage." “Anyone who has ...

Central emergency numbers have been around since London adopted 999 in 1937. But the U.S. relied on a convoluted system with various regional protocols until 1968. Highway Patrol Images via Wikimedia ...

The 911 outage reported across Pennsylvania Friday afternoon was restored, the state's emergency management agency announced Saturday morning. In a post on X shortly after midnight Saturday, the ...

The CAHOOTS program in Eugene, Ore., was one of first programs in the country to send community responders to emergency calls that didn't require police response. Since 2020, the number of community ...

UPDATE 2: The Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency reports 911 service was restored. At this time, 911 services have been restored in Pennsylvania. An investigation into what caused intermittent ...

Police have been called to the Rims at least 202 times so far this year. That’s more than every other day. And those calls are on the rise, according to estimates from the Billings Police Department.