Mantua mayor proposes new chain of command for police department

Mantua Police Department. Lyndsey Brennan/The Portager

Mantua mayor proposes new chain of command for police department

- Wendy DiAlesandro

Last month, an investigator working for the Village of Mantua found that the police chief and one of his officers had violated a department policy that forbids supervisors from dating their direct reports.

To fix the problem, Mayor Linda Clark has proposed changes to the chain of command in an April 19 letter to Chief Joseph Urso and other department staff. 

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