DC911 dispatch location error impairs highway crash response
District of Columbia Office of Unified Communications (DC911/OUC) · Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Summary
During an October 12, 2026 highway-crash response at the DC-295/I-695 junction in Washington, D.C., dispatchers retained an incorrect I-295 location despite repeated corrections from a fire battalion chief. Police officers needed at the scene traveled in the wrong direction. A dispatcher attributed the error to CAD not accepting DC-295; that explanation remains unverified. Cyber involvement and correction of the reported limitation were not established.
Key facts
- Added to watchlist
- Oct 27, 2026
- Incident start
- Oct 12, 2026
- Left watchlist
- Oct 27, 2026
- Primary subject
- District of Columbia Office of Unified Communications (DC911/OUC)
- Primary location
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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