HANOVER — After two years of planning, state officials threw the switch and sent all 911 calls from the Hanover police department to the regional dispatch center in Duxbury.
Thirty minutes later, on June 30, the Hanover Fire Department was answering multiple calls.
“They didn’t miss a beat,” Regional Old Colony Communications Center Director Mike Mahoney said. “If we hadn’t told anyone, no one would be the wiser.”
The move to the Duxbury-based regional dispatch center will bring significant savings to Hanover over the next five years. The state will pay for its share of the operating costs, Mahoney said. The center also serves Halifax, Hanson, Plympton and Rochester… READ MORE
