GENEVA – The man who served in 2012 as both the chief of police in Sugar Grove and as Kane County’s coroner has accepted a new job, as the temporary head of Kane County’s emergency services dispatch office.

Former Sugar Grove police Chief Brad Sauer was selected Friday by Kane County Board Chairman Chris Lauzen to serve as the interim director of KaneComm.

KaneComm is one of the region’s public safety dispatch and 911 call centers, helping to facilitate the response to emergency calls in rural areas of Kane County, as well as in the communities of Campton Hills, South Elgin, Maple Park, Kaneville, Big Rock and others in northern and western Kane.