911 call system issue in Clayton County fixed after hour outage forced calls to be rerouted

CLAYTON COUNTY, Ga. — Clayton County Police Department confirmed with Channel 2 Action News that the 911 call system went down around 1:45 p.m. Thursday, but are now back up.

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At the time of the system issue call were rerouted to Forest Park E911 center.

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It is unclear what caused the system to go down.

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