911 Outage Affecting Multiple States

Officials are urging the public to refrain from testing the emergency phone lines while efforts to restore service are ongoing.

Police tape on a blocked off road in a file image. Bryan R. Smith/AFP via Getty Images

Law enforcement agencies in multiple states have been grappling with outages affecting their 911 emergency lines, disrupting services in key areas including Las Vegas, Nevada, the entirety of South Dakota, and parts of Nebraska.

Specifically, calls to 911 from landlines are “not working at the moment,” according to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD).