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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.

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.

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.

Wednesday, August 17, 2011  A Greeley woman called police after she couldn't find her television remote control.

Thursday, June 02, 2011  Colorado Springs police said as of 2:44 p.m. Thursday, some 911 calls coming from cell phones and computers are not making it through to disaptchers.

Thursday, February 10, 2011  The El Paso County Sheriff's Communication Dispatch Center earns the title of the American Red Cross Pikes Peak Chapter's 2011 Hometown Community Partner Hero.

Tuesday, June 08, 2010  Police report at about 12:25 a.m. an initial call came into the Dispatch Center from an individual who would scream "Help" and then hang up the phone. In all, police received 22 calls of this nature.

Friday, December 18, 2009  Weld County sheriff's officials have arrested a Lochbuie woman suspected of making up to 48 false distress calls to 911 in a four-month period.