The outages appeared to continue in various counties in Nevada and elsewhere. (Representative)
Washington:
A number of U.S. police departments in the United States reported on Monday (local time) that their 911 lines were not operational. However, subsequently, some police departments also reported having restored the service.
“911 lines are not operational nationwide. This is for phone calls and text messages. If you need assistance from the police, fire or medical emergencies in Minneapolis, please call 612- 348-2345 We will let you know when this issue is resolved, “Minneapolis Police wrote on Twitter.
ATTENTION: 911 lines are not operational throughout the country. This is for phone calls and text messaging. If you need police, fire, or emergency medical help in Minneapolis, please call 612-348-2345. We will notify you when this issue is resolved.
– Minneapolis Police (@MinneapolisPD) September 28, 2020
Likewise, St Anthony Police tweeted: “ALERT !!!! Currently 911 lines are down nationwide! If you need emergency services in Hennepin County, please call 952- 258-5321 If you are in Ramsey County, call 651-767-0640. There is no known time frame for returning 911 calls to service. We will update as needed. “
According to a Russia Today report, around 8 p.m. local time in Minnesota, some departments noted that 911 service had been restored, but outages appeared to continue in various counties in Nevada and elsewhere.
Previously, Russia Today reported that police and sheriff departments in Illinois, Nevada, Arizona, Ohio, Delaware, Minnesota, Indiana, Colorado, Pennsylvania and of Minnesota noted problems with their emergency calling systems Monday (local time). They asked residents to use alternate numbers as they worked to correct the problem, allegedly caused by a technical failure in Microsoft’s Azure cloud services.
As Microsoft was previously quoted as saying that a “subset of customers in the Azure Public and Azure Government clouds may experience errors,” it is believed to have caused the 911 outages.
