Crime & Safety

Chester Co. 911 System Is Back Up After Outage Wednesday

The 911 system was briefly down Wednesday morning.

WEST CHESTER, PA — The Chester County 911 system is now operational again after an outage early Wednesday, officials said.

Officials described the shut down as brief. The cause is not yet known.

"If you attempted to call 9-1-1 and could not get through, please call 9-1-1 again," official said.

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