DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- The Los Angeles Police Department went on a city-wide tactical alert for 24 hours because of a computer outage at the main dispatch center in downtown L.A.
The problem began shortly after 11 a.m. Friday and affected communications between officers on patrol and their stations, officials said.
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Officers managed to still get through to one another, but they had to "handle calls differently," according to media relations officials.
By 7 p.m., the tactical alert was canceled and the problem appeared to be resolved, authorities said.
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But 911 calls were not affected by the outage.
