The Oakland Police Department’s 911 dispatch system went down Wednesday night and calls are being routed through the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office while the problem gets sorted out.

OPD Chief James Beere announced Thursday morning on social media that the department’s computer-aided dispatch system froze and displayed an error message at about 8:30 p.m. Wednesday.

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Kiley Russell writes primarily for Local News Matters on issues related to equity and the environment. A Bay Area native, he has lived most of his life in Oakland. He studied journalism at San Francisco State University, worked for the Associated Press and the former Contra Costa Times, among other outlets. He has covered everything from state legislatures, local governments, federal and state courts, crime, growth and development, political campaigns of various stripes, wildfires and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.