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Findlay Police Department and Hancock County Sheriff’s Office Advise of Verizon 911 Outage Reported in Ohio

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The Findlay Police Department and Hancock County Sheriff’s Office issued a joint release this evening, September 3, warning that Verizon customers may experience issues calling 911.

The Hancock County 911 Coordinator was notified of an issue with Verizon wireless calls.  Verizon is advising that customers may or may not be able to call 911.  This outage for Verizon seems to be affecting counties in Ohio. 

Should you have an emergency and cannot contact 911, please try their non-emergency numbers.

The Hancock County Sheriff’s Office can be reached at (419) 422-2424 and the Findlay Police Department can be reached at (419) 424-7150.  

The Hancock County Sheriff’s Office and Findlay Police Dept. also has text to 911 that is available and is working for Verizon users. 

At this time Verizon is advising no time frame for when services will be back and running.

Written by: bclark

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