Lakewood Mayor Ray Coles responds to your ‘Ask The Mayor’ questions: Texting 911

The following is an ‘Ask The Mayor’ question submitted to TLS, and the Mayor’s response. Email your questions for the Mayor to [email protected].

Question: Good morning Mayor,

I have a very important question. Are you able to text 911 in N.J? Because if g-d forbid there is a shooting, you won’t be able to call because they will hear you.

Thank you,
A concerned resident
PS: Thank you for being the best mayor!

Response from Mayor Coles: Good afternoon,

I checked with the chief & there is no 911 text function right now. He said that in an emergency, dial 911 and just leave the phone open. They will be able to identify your location & send help.

Ray

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7 COMMENTS

  1. I don’t mean to contradict anyone, however, I have personally been in 911 Ocean County Sheriff call center (where all 911 calls are routed through) and they indeed to receive 911 texts. (I’ve watched them come in – mostly people checking of it works…). While it’s possible Lakewood is not hooked up with the texting system (that I do not know) if you text, a county dispatch will indeed receive your text.

    • That is so dumb! The whole reason for texting is that you don’t want your phone to ring or make noise! You should have gotten a text back!

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