AT&T / Cingular Wireless 911 service down in Tuscaloosa

From the Tuscaloosa County Sheriff’s department:
Callers from AT&T Wireless Devices are UNABLE to Dial 911 from their AT&T Wireless Devices. AT&T is aware of the problem and working to bring this problem to a quick resolution. In the mean time callers from AT&T devices are asked to call the Tuscaloosa Sheriff’s Office 752-0616 in an emergency until this problem is resolved.

Callers from Sprint, Nextel, Verizon and Southern Linc devices are still able to dial 911 from their wireless devices.

We will release another statement when this problem is resolved.