911 service restored in DC after Thursday disruptions, officials confirm

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Updated  September 11, 2025 10:27am EDT
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The Brief

    • D.C. officials say earlier 911 call disruptions have been resolved.
    • Some calls were dropped or failed to connect Thursday morning.
    • A backup emergency number was shared during the outage.

WASHINGTON - D.C.’s public safety communications center says that the issues with emergency calls not being answered have been resolved.

In a post around 7:40 a.m. on Thursday, the Office of Unified Communications said some 911 calls were failing to connect with call takers or were being dropped after pickup.

A second post just before 9 a.m. said the service issues had been corrected.

Officials released a backup emergency line during the disruption.

No details were given on what caused the disruption or how widespread it was.

The Source: Information in this article comes from the Office of Unified Communications.

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