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FAIRFIELD, Conn.—Sacred Heart University’s main campus is now home to a new 911 dispatch center operated by the Fairfield and Westport police departments. It is the first municipality-run emergency call center in the state to combine two towns with an outside partner. 

The two communities obtained the space from SHU for $1 per year for the next 25 years and invested $3.7 million to transform the center into a state-of-the-art facility. The center combines police and fire dispatchers and emergency responders from Fairfield and Westport under one roof…