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Tuesday, May 07, 2013  Frantic call leads police to 3 missing women in Cleveland home; 3 brothers arrested

Thursday, February 28, 2013  A new report is noting "serious concerns" with two mass calling systems that were used to send evacuation notices to thousands of residents during the Waldo Canyon Fire last year.

Friday, February 22, 2013  Massachusetts boy calls 911 over bedtime; officer goes to home to explain what's truly an emergency

Thursday, February 14, 2013  The Colorado Springs Police Department has partnered with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children in an effort to bring more of them home safe. Every year 800,000 children go missing in the United States.

Tuesday, November 13, 2012  Most of us learned about the 911 system before we entered Kindergarten. How to use it, when to use it and when not to use it.

Wednesday, July 25, 2012  Confused 911 caller blows lid on New York Police Department spying operation in New Jersey: 'There's pictures of terrorists'

Monday, July 16, 2012  Teller County Sheriff's deputies are warning nearby neighborhoods of a lizard that has escaped.

Thursday, July 12, 2012  More than 32,000 people were evacuated during the Waldo Canyon Fire, many of which said they never received an emergency notification call. According to the El Paso County Emergency Notification Office, approximately 118,000 emergency calls were issued during the wildfire.

Wednesday, July 11, 2012  Records show that more than 20,000 evacuation calls were never delivered to residents in the path of a wildfire that destroyed about 350 homes around Colorado Springs last month.

Monday, May 21, 2012  Colorado Springs Police officers were able to arrest a kidnapping suspect after the man he kidnapped secretly dialed 911 several times while the two were talking about where they were early Monday morning.

Wednesday, May 09, 2012  911 tapes from Saturday's three-alarm apartment fire have been released giving insight to how frightening the scene was and how important it is to pick up the phone.

Wednesday, May 09, 2012  They keep you safe in an emergency and now the Colorado Springs Fire Department is trying to keep you healthy.

Tuesday, March 13, 2012  Colorado Springs Police officers said someone made a phony 911 phone call late Monday night, likely for the "thrill" of seeing an emergency response.

Thursday, February 09, 2012  Deputies were dispatched to Powell home 8 minutes after 911 call was placed by the social worker

Tuesday, December 13, 2011  Colorado Springs Police officers have arrested a man accused of strangling his wife, the eighth reported strangling case in the city in fewer than a month.