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Colorado Springs Police Phone Service Restored

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - Phone service to the Colorado Springs Police Department has been restored after an interruption of about two hours.

Authorities say lines to the police operations center were up and running by about 9:20 a.m. Tuesday.

The cause of the interruption wasn't immediately clear.

Emergency calls were routed to the El Paso County Sheriff's Department during the interruption.

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