Mantua will temporarily oversee dispatch services for Hiram

- Wendy DiAlesandro

A month after Mantua signed an agreement handing control of its police department to Hiram, Hiram found itself in need of Mantua’s help.

An ordinance Hiram and Mantua Village councils both authorized Jan. 20 has Hiram paying Mantua $100 a day to handle the northern community’s 911 calls for law enforcement “on a transitional basis.” 

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