Crime & Safety
911 System Restored Across Nassau County: Police
The emergency service was temporarily down on Monday afternoon.

MINEOLA, NY — The Nassau County 911 emergency system has been restored. The 911 system was offline for approximately 45 minutes on Monday afternoon.
The vendor who operates the 911 system worked to fix the situation.
A spokesperson for County Executive Bruce Blakeman said the cause is under investigation.
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Nassau's police precincts were directly handling emergency calls while 911 was down.
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