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Vernon Hills signs on as founding member of Lake County consolidated 911 dispatch (LACOM)

Vernon Hills Village Board and Committee of the Whole · June 18, 2024
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Summary

Trustees approved resolutions to join Lake County's consolidated emergency communications (LACOM) and to pursue a new joint Emergency Telephone System Board, citing faster response times from fewer dispatch centers and a planned July startup of LACOM governance.

Vernon Hills trustees unanimously approved a set of resolutions to make the village a founding member of the Lake County consolidated emergency communications entity known as LACOM and to pursue the parallel formation of a new joint Emergency Telephone System Board (JESB).

Chief Greece described the consolidation as the product of years of planning to reduce jurisdictional 'jigsaw puzzle' issues that…

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