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Why are Cuyahoga Falls and other communities looking to form a consolidated dispatch center?
About a decade ago, the state tried to limit the number of dispatch centers per county, based on population — but the deadline to do so has long since passed, said Summit’s 911 coordinator Mike Banks.
Summit County was to have no more than four; the county currently has 12.
The top four are currently Akron and the Summit County Sheriff’s Office; Cuyahoga Falls; Stow; and Southwest Summit Communications, covering Copley, Norton, Barberton and Springfield…