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NEW HAVEN — Mayor Justin Elicker named Joseph F. Vitale Jr., a 30-year veteran of the Yale University Police Department, to be the new director of public safety communications, a month-and-a-half after naming his predecessor, Kevin Stratton, to the position.

As director of public safety communications, Vitale will oversee all aspects of New Haven’s Emergency 9-1-1 Call Center, also known as the city’s Public Safety Answering Point, or PSAP. PSAP receives all 911 calls and dispatches the appropriate emergency response services, including police, fire and ambulance responses.