NORCROSS, Ga. -- All telephones and radio systems at the Norcross Police Department were temporarily incapacitated by a power outage on Sunday, Norcross police said.
Norcross police issued an alert just before 4 p.m.
Residents were encouraged to call 911 for assistance while the power was down. The Gwinnett County Police Department was relaying information to Norcross personnel, Norcross police Capt. Brian Harr said.
All systems within the Norcross Police Department were restored at about 4:30 p.m., including phones and power, Harr said.
Georgia power said there were 900 outages reported in metro Atlanta, half of which were in DeKalb County.
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Officials blamed the outage on the cold weather.