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Cell-phone calls flood 911 dispatch centers

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By Mike Linn

Posted: October 5, 2009 at 4:44 a.m.

Mike Linn Dispatcher Luan Rogers points to a locator map pinpointing the area from which a cell-phone caller dialed 911 in Pine Bluff.

More Arkansans in Jefferson County and across the state are dialing 911 from cell phones, a trend that helps reduce response time to critical accidents, crimes and fires.

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