News Center Stay up-to-date on the latest news from the City of Virginia Beach. SearchSearch by Date RangeStart End View News by Category All NewsAgricultureAquarium and MuseumsBudget & Management ServicesCity AttorneyCity AuditorCity ClerkCity ManagerCity TreasurerCommissioner of the RevenueCommonwealth's AttorneyCommunications OfficeConvention and Visitors BureauCourtsCultural AffairsEconomic DevelopmentEmergency Communications & Citizen ServicesEmergency ManagementEmergency Medical ServicesFinanceFireHousing & Neighborhood PreservationHuman Resources (City)Human ServicesInformation TechnologyParks & RecreationPlanningPolicePublic HealthPublic LibrariesPublic UtilitiesPublic WorksReal Estate AssessorStrategic Growth AreaVirginia Beach CourtsVolunteer ResourcesVoter Registration & ElectionsCurrent Category Emergency Communications & Citizen Services Page Content Virginia Beach Emergency Communications and Citizen Services Receives its Fifth Accreditation from CALEA Friday, August 04, 2017On July 29, the City of Virginia Beach Emergency Communications and Citizen Services Department (ECCS) received its fifth accreditation from the Commission for Accreditation of Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA) at the 2017 Summer CALEA Conference held in Providence, RI. Memb … UPDATE: 911 Services Restored to Verizon CustomersWednesday, April 19, 2017Verizon Cellular Experiencing Issues with Contacting 911Verizon cellular subscribers are having issues contacting 911 in Virginia Beach, please call the non-emergency number at (757) 385-5000 and select option 1 or send a text message to 911 if you have an emergency. This a … Public Invited to Comment on Re-Accreditation of Virginia Beach Emergency Communications & Citizen ServicesWednesday, March 22, 2017Virginia Beach residents are invited to call in with comments as the city's Emergency Communications & Citizen Services (ECCS) Department undergoes voluntary re-accreditation. ECCS operates the city's 911 and 311 services.A team of assessors from the Commission on Accred … UPDATE: The nationwide outage affecting the AT&T cellular network has been resolved.Wednesday, March 08, 2017AT&T Cellular Experiencing Nationwide Issues with Contacting 911 A nationwide 911 outage on the AT&T cellular network is affecting AT&T cell phone subscribers. If you are having issues contacting 911 in Virginia Beach, please call the non=emergency number a … Contact InformationCommunications Office(757) 385-4679news@vbgov.com(757) 427-5978 More News Releases Can't find what you are looking for? View a complete list of Virginia Beach news releases.