Md. County Reports Verizon Wireless 911 Glitch

Maryland's Montgomery County alerted residents about 911 problems Friday. “Montgomery County Emergency Communications (911) is experiencing a Verizon wireless issue,” said a wireless alert from the county at around 9:30 a.m. “In case of an emergency, callers are asked to call their district stations. Verizon is aware and attempting to fix the problem.” A Verizon spokesperson said Friday morning that 911 calls were “going through for customers throughout the greater [District of Columbia] area and surrounding counties,” but there was “a remaining issue where caller ID and location information is not automatically transmitting to dispatchers in Charles, Montgomery, Prince George's and St. Mary's Counties.” Verizon “engineers are working tirelessly to get the issue resolved but customers can continue to use 911 in case of emergency,” the spokesperson said.