Crime & Safety
911 Service Restored After 2-Hour Outage: Police
Authorities say 911 service in Minneapolis and Brooklyn Center were restored by Monday morning after a two-hour interruption Sunday night.
MINNEAPOLIS, MN — 911 service has been restored to all residents of Hennepin County after officials said there was a nearly two-hour service interruption on Sunday night.
According to the Minneapolis Police Department, 911 service provider CenturyLink was having trouble with some of its land lines. A KARE report stated service interruptions were reported in Brooklyn Center and Minneapolis.
As of Monday morning, though, those issues had been fully resolved by midnight, the department said.
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It's Happened Before
It's not the first time CenturyLink has had trouble keeping area 911 service up.
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According to a Star Tribune report, nearly 700 dropped 911 calls were reported in about 65 minutes in Aug. 2018. The report noted that CenturyLink is now in the fourth year of a five-year, $29 million contract to provide 911 services in Minnesota.
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