The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's implemented a "temporary fix" to get its dispatch system back online after it crashed on New Year's Eve, authorities said.

The failure of the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department’s computer-aided dispatch system in its vehicles had left deputies to resort to old methods as they responded to calls.

Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies can again receive service calls through the computers in their cruisers after the agency's computer-aided dispatch system crashed on New

It’s not clear how long it will take to fix the problem, but in the meantime deputies and dispatchers must use radios instead of patrol car computers.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The archaic computer dispatch system for the nation’s largest sheriff’s department remained out of commission on Thursday after crashing on New Year’s Eve, forcing deputies to handle all calls by radio, authorities said.

A system crash within the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department is affecting the way deputies log and respond to calls.