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E-COM dispatch service to merge, expand, relocate

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The E-COM emergency dispatch center at 1154 Ridge Road in Homewood is in the process of merging with SouthCom. The combined organization plans to relocate to a larger facility. (Quincy Crump/H-F Chronicle)

E-COM, the 911 dispatch center that serves Homewood, Flossmoor, Glenwood, Hazel Crest, East Hazel Crest, Country Club Hills, Thornton, South Holland and Riverdale, will merge with SouthCom, another emergency dispatch center that serves Richton Park, Park Forest, Matteson and Olympia Fields in the…

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