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AUSTINTOWN — With a $503,000 expansion to the Austintown Township Police Department nearing completion, dispatchers in the building are eager to move to new space that not only will provide more elbow room, but also help improve efficiency in responding to emergencies in multiple communities.

“We outgrew the old room and needed space,” said township police Chief Robert Gavalier.

Stephen Sinn, township dispatch supervisor, said beginning in 2016, the Austintown dispatch center began dispatching for other communities in a consolidation process sparked by the disbanding of a…