Hiram takes control of Mantua’s police department, dispatch center

Mantua Police Department. Lyndsey Brennan/The Portager

Hiram takes control of Mantua’s police department, dispatch center

- Wendy DiAlesandro

Mantua Village Council on Dec. 16 unanimously approved a $170,000 contract handing Hiram Village control of its police department and dispatch center. Hiram’s village council has already authorized the contract.

Hiram Police Chief James Clemens has been doubling as Mantua’s acting police chief since Mantua Mayor Tammy Meyer put former Police Chief Joseph Urso on administrative leave Oct. 6. He was fired on Oct. 22 after a 12-hour hearing but has appealed the decision.

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