Phone service disrupted in San Diego, Southern California, with some impact on 911 calls

An Apple iPhone File photo Law enforcement agencies Saturday were responding to function disruptions for phone customers in San Diego County specific that affected calls In a few cases the agencies required that residents experiencing an exigency use regular phone numbers to seek aid The Oceanside Police Department warned on Saturday morning via X that there is a function outage affecting particular phone carriers in Southern California which has disrupted - - amenity If you have an urgency and are not able to get through to - - please call our non-emergency dispatch number - - The disruption was impacting multiple carriers in Southern California including Verizon An officer with the Oceanside police stated City News Provision that Verizon had restored system for the the majority part by midday Saturday but was still working out certain issues Urgency calls also were being routed to the California Highway Patrol he added A San Diego Police Department officer mentioned the concern was happening throughout Southern California and that local residents may call - - if they were having organization problems Oceanside police recommended that residents who can t get through to should call the non-emergency dispatch number at - - It was unclear what caused the disruption or when it started Verizon did not without delay respond to a request for comment According to Fox KUSI the outage has been traced to a fiber line issue and phone companies were working to restore full organization The San Diego County Sheriff s Office stated there was a short hiccup with Verizon communications but that people could use We are receiving calls normally he stated