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9-1-1 Calls Single universal number for all networks throughout North America (wireline, wireless, …) Answered at one of ~6,134 Public Safety Answering Points Dispatched to tens of thousands of police/fire/emergency medical agencies A function of LOCAL government, not significantly controlled by state/federal governments Often City or County But often there are multiple PSAPs per county Please don’t ask us to fix this, it’s been tried |