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Say they have heard from people expressing their anger over the 911 failure which may have left some callers waiting 30 to 50 minutes. Heres what assistant sheriff tom roberts told us it is unclear how many callers were affected over the six hour period. Calls were dispatched to henderson and North Las Vegas where metro staffers went to help answer the rerouted calls after the problem was discovered around 3 30 tuesday afternoon. The Industry Standard for 911 is for a call to be answered in ten seconds. But yesterday callers could have waited 30 to fifty minutes. And before calls were rerouted...

Is unlikely a failure like this would happen again. Back to you. paul joncich vanessa, do we know how many callers could have been affected . Vanessa Murphy paul, we do not. The assistant sheriff told us the department is also trying to figure that out. I asked him if metro received complaints about this problem. He said yes there were some angry callers last night and people have complained to the department. Toss to weather tedd florendo not as cold tonight and overnight, but still chilly nonetheless. Were expecting more clouds. Temp in the 40s this evening with abundant clouds late night we...

Roberts i know weve received some complaints. You know i know our call takers last night when we began dispatching calls again i know there some very unhappy citizens. Vanessa Murphy its unclear what impact the failure may have had. But think about a call for example for domestic violence. hannah brook safe nest it can escalate very quickly and so every single Second Counts Vanessa Murphy hannah brook works for safe nest which helps victims. brook its already a very volatile situation and so if theyre picking up that phone because its a life or death situation, then it can honestly mean betwee...

Communites stricken by violence. Police held a bbq today to get neighbors to know officers that patrol their streets. To work and gain Peoples Trust so crimes get reported. And hopefully stop them before they happen. Mauricio Marin in another shooting on the southwest side early this morning. Weve just learned the victim has died from his injuries. Adding to an already deadly year across the valley. Reporting live. Mauricio marin. 8 neww now. paul joncich mauricio. Do we know if there was more than one shooter at the scene . Mauricio Marin right now thats not clear. Police are talking to a num...

Hunters convention. Larry Higgins sci president the greatest gathering of hunter conservationists in the world. Patrick Walker sci president Larry Higgins. Welcoming some of the 20 thousand expected hunters to the Convention Wednesday night. Larry Higgins sci president everything that we will do in the next 4 days supports the missions of safari club, conserving our wildlife and protecting our freedom to hunt. Patrick Walker sci says conservation is a major part of their mission. Their website says 70 percent of the money raised here. Goes toward conservation efforts by the group worldwide. So...