Rock Hill police to review reverse 911 after morning call riles some

Police in Rock Hill are reviewing the use of a reverse 911 telephone alert system after an early morning call Monday upset several people.

In the incident that started around 11 p.m. Sunday night on Nations Court, a woman involved in an argument slit her wrists with a razor blade, then fled the scene, according to police reports and Capt. Mark Bollinger, a Rock Hill Police Department spokesman.

Police were called and sent out a K-9 unit to track the woman, as well as setting up a large perimeter and canvassing operation to try and find the woman, according to Bollinger. The shift supervisor authorized use of 911 after midnight to alert residents because police wanted the woman found as quickly as possible so she could receive medical attention, Bollinger said.

The woman later was found by a patrol officer and taken for medical treatment, Bollinger said. Then another reverse 911 call was made to tell residents the woman was found.

However, Monday morning many residents upset about the late hour of the reverse 911 calls contacted the police department and a review of when to use the reverse 911 will be done, Bollinger said.

This story was originally published March 23, 2015 at 12:31 PM with the headline "Rock Hill police to review reverse 911 after morning call riles some."