Crime & Safety
Danvers Non-Emergency Police Lines Down For Second Time In 2 Weeks
Danvers police asked residents to hold all non-emergency calls Tuesday morning into the afternoon.
DANVERS, MA — Danvers residents looking for non-emergency police assistance had a hard time getting a hold of the department for the second time in nine days on Tuesday.
Danvers police said Tuesday mid-morning that phone lines were out of service and only 911 was functioning.
"We ask that you do not call 911 unless you are experiencing a true emergency to not tie up the lines," police said. "Please hold any non-emergency calls until all lines are back up."
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It was the second time in two weeks the lines went down after they also did so over the July 4 holiday weekend. Lines when down on the night of July 3 and were not reported back functioning until 6 p.m. on July 4.
(Scott Souza is a Patch field editor covering Beverly, Danvers, Marblehead, Peabody, Salem and Swampscott. He can be reached at Scott.Souza@Patch.com. Twitter: @Scott_Souza.)
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