City evaluating 9-1-1 call center partnership with Chandler The Maricopa Police Department's current headquarters in the city center complex opened in 2013. The City of Maricopa may close its in-town Emergency Communication Center and contract with the City of Chandler to handle 9-1-1 calls and police and fire dispatch. City Manager Rick Horst is evaluating the potential cost-saving move. But the president of the Maricopa Fraternal Order of Police Lodge #78 is objecting to an outside agency possibly replacing the city communication center. “Simply put, the members of Lodge 78 stand absolutely opposed to this closure,” Curry wrote in an April 23 letter to Mayor Christian Price and the city. “We believe closing the ECC would be short-sighted ‘pennywise and pound foolish’ and – most importantly – that it will absolutely reduce public safety effectiveness in the City of Maricopa.”