911 Emergency System Disrupted for 7 Hours
Police set up a temporary center for emergency calls Wednesday after electrical problems caused the city’s 911 system to fail for seven hours, authorities said.
For much of the day, 911 calls to Pomona were routed to a dispatch center at the Chino Police Department. The California Highway Patrol still took cellular calls.
The system was down from 10:10 a.m. to about 5 p.m. “We deployed various units to survey and patrol areas for injuries, fire accidents, to gather intelligence,” said county fire spokesman Roland Sprewell.
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