September 3, 2025, Press Release from the Hancock County Sheriff's Office:
FINDLAY, Ohio - Today, the County 911 Coordinator was notified of an issue with Verizon wireless calls. Verizon is advising that customers may or may not be able to call 911. This outage for Verizon seems to be affecting counties in Ohio. Should you have an emergency and cannot contact 911 please try our non-emergency numbers.
Hancock County Sheriff (419) 422-2424 and the Findlay Police Department (419) 424-7150. The Hancock County Sheriff's Office and Findlay Police Dept. also has text to 911 that is available and is working for Verizon users. At this time Verizon is advising no time frame for when services will be back and running.
