The Barrington Public Safety Building houses the fire and police departments, but its 911 dispatch service has been handled by Round Lake Beach-based CenCom. The village plans to switch to Northwest Central Dispatch, which is based in Arlington Heights. (Daily Herald file photo)
Barrington plans to join Northwest Central Dispatch System, which provides 911 services to its neighboring communities, in a move that will be beneficial to the village, officials said.
The agreement with Northwest Central Dispatch System was approved by the village board Monday.
The move also will entail state approval for Barrington to join a different 911 board, the NWCD Emergency Telephone Systems Board.
“We’ve already begun the process,” Police Chief Dave Dorn said. “I don’t anticipate any issues.”
The village’s yearly contract with its current emergency dispatch system, CenCom, is $340,000. The contract with Northwest Central Dispatch is $330,000, village spokeswoman Patty Dowd Schmitz said.
Barrington has used CenCom for more than 20 years, Dorn said. About a year ago, the police and fire departments began looking into switching to a new provider, and after vetting three of them, the selection landed on Northwest Central Dispatch, he said.
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