Crime & Safety

Dispatcher Error Activated Bolingbrook Tornado Siren Early Wednesday

A dispatcher hit the wrong switch, causing the siren to go off around 4:45 a.m. Wednesday morning.

Some Bolingbrook residents woke early Wednesday to the sound of a tornado siren. 

Several Bolingbrook Patch readers reported waking up at 4:45 a.m. to the siren. Bolingbrook police said one of its dispatchers hit the wrong switch, activating the alarm. 

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