SAN DIEGO COUNTY, Calif. — San Diego County residents can now text to 9-1-1 in an emergency if you can't call. This includes the Sheriff's Department and all police and fire/Emergency Medical ...

The San Diego Sheriff's Department is making it easier for residents to receive — at times, indiscernible — messages issued by the department's helicopters.

As the San Diego County Sheriff's Department real-time radio broadcast signal went radio silent for the public on January 11 — locals have been speaking up.