UI Police suffer Thursday night phone outage, 9-1-1 unaffected

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10/30/25

The University of Iowa Police Department suffered the loss of its phone system Thursday night.

A message posted to the UI Campus Safety website said that due to a phone service interruption, Campus Safety was unable to receive phone calls…including to its non-emergency line, 319-335-5022.

9-1-1 was not affected, and non-emergency callers were referred to 319-335-1990.

The interruption impacted elevator phones, area of rescue phones, and other lines that ring into Campus Safety.

An update will be provided when service has been restored.