WASHINGTON COUNTY 911 HAS A NEW NON-EMERGENCY PHONE NUMBER

  

Washington County 911 has a new non-emergency telephone number as the transition from a city department to a county one is completed. In October of 2014, the Communications Department began transitioning to a county-operated facility; during that time, the non-emergency number remained listed with the city of Brenham.

The current non-emergency number is 979-337-7272. That number is being changed to 979-277-7373. Kristy Taylor, Operations Manager of the Communications Department says “we do want to make sure our residents remember that if they have an emergency, they need to call 911. The non-emergency number of 979-277-7373 is just that – for non-emergencies,”

Taylor said the current non-emergency number will continue to automatically roll over to Communications for 60 days. Calls that come in during the 61-120 day period will be directed to “push 1” to be connected to Communications. Calls that come in from 121-180 days will be given the correct phone number, and then the call will disconnect, requiring callers to dial the correct number. This gives a six month window for residents to become accustom to the new phone number.