OC to Introduce Text-to-911 Service

OC to Introduce Text-to-911 Service
This photo, taken on June 21, 2012, shows a person using a mobile phone touch screen keypad to write a text message in Singapore. (Roslin Rahman/AFP/GettyImages; effects added by Epoch Times)
Colin Fredericson
9/13/2016
Updated:
9/13/2016

The county is going to introduce a new text-to-911 service, it announced Sept. 12, which will allow residents to send short text messages to 911 for help when unable to make a phone call. 

This could be in situations where there is a medical emergency and a person can’t speak, the caller is hearing or voice impaired, or when talking out loud would create a danger.

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Colin is a New York-based reporter. He covers Entertainment, U.S., and international news. Besides writing for online news outlets he has worked in online marketing and advertising, done voiceover work, and has a background in sound engineering and filmmaking. His foreign language skills include Spanish and Chinese.