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Dispatcher Adam Bolgiano from the Stark County Sheriff's Office takes a call from a Stark County resident in December 2018 in this file photo.  Consultants are reaffirming a 2008 recommendation that Stark County use one dispatch center.

CANTON Consultants are reaffirming a 2008 recommendation that Stark County use one dispatch center to all but eliminate the transfer of 911 calls that can delay emergency response.

The county has seven such centers: the Stark County sheriff’s office; Canton Police; the Regional Emergency Dispatch Center, which serves 14 communities including Jackson Township, Perry Township and Massillon; CenCom, which serves several village and township fire departments; North Canton Police; Alliance Police; and Minerva Police…