Beaver County officials are reminding residents that they should only call 9-1-1 to report an emergency. Beaver County Emergency Services Director Eric Brewer tells Beaver County Radio News that the county received dozens of calls to 911 reporting businesses on the first couple days of Governor Tom Wolf’s order to close all non-life-threatening businesses. Brewer says complaint calls have dropped since then…

Brewer says since that time, not only have the number of complaint calls dropped, but also the number of calls, overall, has dropped during this pandemic as well…

Brewer says the reason for the drop in emergency calls is probably due to the fact that everyone is staying at home, thereby lessening the chance for an emergency…

So Brewer is trying to get out the message of what to do and what not to do when reporting non-compliant businesses…

The non-emergency number for Beaver County 911 is (724) 775-0880.