911 System Goes Down In Oakland For Unknown Reasons

Oakland s 911 call system went down Wednesday night, and calls continue to be rerouted to Alameda County dispatch until the problem can be resolved.On Wednesday night around 8:30 pm, dispatchers at the Oakland Police Department reported that the Computer-Aided Dispatch (CAD) system had frozen and was displaying an error message, and calls were no longer coming through. As KPIX reports, the outage continued for about 75 minutes, at which point calls were rerouted to Alameda County Sheriff s Office dispatchers, around 9:45 pm.That rerouting of calls continues into Thursday, and Oakland Police Chief James Beere explained on social media that OPD dispatchers have been relocated to the Oakland Fire Dispatch Center and the Alameda County Sheriff s dispatch center. Beere added, We are responding only to Priority One calls. The City of Oakland s IT department is working with AT T to restore internet and phone services. Reportedly, OAK311 lines have been impacted by the same issue, and caller