Connecticut Town Calls 911 About Cable Outage

What constitutes an emergency? If you think that missing your favorite TV show is an emergency, think again.

Over the weekend, a Connecticut police department attempted to inform people what parts actually lead up to an emergency. Fairfield police on Sunday received numerous 911 calls about a cable outage that hit parts of southwestern Connecticut.

Fairfield police promptly posted a message on their Facebook page, stating the outage is “neither an emergency or a police related concern.” The post went on to warn that 911 should be used for life-threatening emergencies only and misuse of the 911 system may result in an arrest.

Cablevision said in a statement that there was a commercial power outage in its Norwalk facility, and that power had been restored.