{"id":181211,"date":"2026-03-06T20:38:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T20:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/181211\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T20:38:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T20:38:10","slug":"altamonte-springs-launches-911-texting-tool-with-officer-arrival-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/181211\/","title":{"rendered":"Altamonte Springs launches 911 texting tool with officer arrival updates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">ATLAMONTE SPRINGS, Fla.  \u2013 When residents call 911 in Altamonte Springs, they can now get real-time updates that tell them exactly when an officer is coming.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">This week, the department launched a new communication tool that sends automated texts and emails to 911 callers and victims with acknowledgments, response updates, and case information. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cThey\u2019ll get a message from 911, they opt-in and then that\u2019s where they start receiving messages. As far as that goes, the officer is on their way, if there are any kind of delays in service,\u201d Deana Dipaolo, of Altamonte Springs police, said. \u201cThey\u2019ll also get the detective information and their phone number, how to get ahold of them so they can know every process of their case moving forward.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Officials say the Community Connect system is intended to extend two-way communication beyond the initial \u201cWhat\u2019s your emergency?\u201d exchange.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Police said details will also be available soon on its website and welcomes community feedback. <\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by WKMG ClickOrlando &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ATLAMONTE SPRINGS, Fla. \u2013 When residents call 911 in Altamonte Springs, they can now get real-time updates that&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":181212,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[4131,139,141,140,1014],"class_list":["post-181211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-altamonte-springs","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-seminole-county"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181211","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=181211"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181211\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/181212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=181211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=181211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=181211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}