Law enforcement agencies in multiple states have been grappling with outages affecting their 911 emergency lines, disrupting services in key areas including Las Vegas, Nevada, the entirety of South Dakota, and parts of Nebraska.
Specifically, calls to 911 from landlines are “not working at the moment,” according to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD).
The exact cause of the outages remains undisclosed, and authorities have yet to provide an estimated timeline for service restoration. In Las Vegas, no specific time frame was provided for the resumption of services after the outage started around 7 p.m. local time.
Some Cell Phone Services Impacted
In Nevada, Henderson Police said the 911 outage impacted both landline and cell phone calls to dispatchers, while reassuring the public that text-to-911 services remained operational.The department stated that Rapid SOS was still working and said dispatchers would return calls from individuals who attempted to contact emergency services. However, no definitive timeline for full restoration was provided.
Meanwhile, in South Dakota, reports indicated that text messages to 911 were still successfully transmitting despite the broader outage affecting the emergency phone lines.
Law enforcement agencies across the affected states have urged individuals in need of emergency assistance to utilize alternative contact numbers until full service is restored.
Authorities say they are continuing to investigate the cause of the outages while working to rectify the situation and ensure the uninterrupted availability of critical emergency services.
Outages were reported in specific South Dakota locales, including by authorities in Brown County, Lincoln County, Miner County, Jerauld County, and Rapid City, KFYRTV reported.
