The Union County 911 Center has introduced a new Text-to-911 service to assist individuals in emergencies where speaking may ...

Adam Collins While calling 911 in an emergency is always the best option, Door County residents can now text instead.

Today marks the launch of Text-to-911, the technology that allows people use their phones to text police about an emergency. The 911 texting feature is fairly straightforward: text your emergency and ...

The Door County Sheriff’s Office says that people can now text 911 in an emergency, but that it’s intended for specific scenarios. The service allows people to send a text of up to 140 characters to ...

During a nearly 24-hour outage in Santa Barbara County’s 911 phone service this week caused by a construction crew severing two Frontier fiber lines, Text-to-911 was the only way to reach emergency ...

In today's edition of "this is why we can't have nice things," one of the first text messages sent to using the new Text-to-911 system was sent by someone who was driving. It was the first text sent ...

Houston County 911 has enhanced emergency access with a text-to-911 service for people with impaired hearing or situations where texting is safer than calling. “We have a actual pretty large community ...

LIVINGSTON, Calif. (KFSN) -- It's a new way to contact help, and it's right at the fingertips of some North Valley residents. Deanna Soria with the Livingston Police Department says folks can now text ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. (SANTA BARBARA, Calif.) – In an emergency, remember you can always text 911 in Santa Barbara County, a reliable option ...