Montgomery County Sheriff Russell Bono has launched a campaign to collect emergency phones for domestic violence victims.
The Women's Center in Montgomery County received some cellphones earlier in the year thanks to a gift from Bono, and he is holding up on a promise to collect more 9-1-1 phones for the center.
"Many of the Women’s Center’s clients come through our office to have their protection from abuse orders served," Bono said in a statement. "At times, some of those victims will ask for phones because they don't have one of their own."
Cellphones do not need cellular service in order to make emergency calls. They connect to 9-1-1 as long as the phone is powered up and can locate a network of any kind.
You can drop donated phones into a marked containers, like the one seen above, at any of the following locations:
• Montgomery County Courthouse, 2 E. Airy St. Norristown, Pa. (Main St. and Swede St. entrances)
• One Montgomery Plaza security post, 425 Swede St., Norristown, PA.
• Youth Center security post, 54-550 Port Indian Road, Norristown, Pa.
"We just hope to help these victims feel a little safer, knowing that they have a phone to use in an emergency," Bono added.
