VIENNA — With money and manpower getting tight for smaller townships, trustees welcomed a neighboring acting chief to talk about what potentially consolidating police services would look like for them.

At Monday’s trustees meeting, Trustee Mike Haddle noted residents passed a 1.1-mill renewal levy during the Nov. 4 general election, and there were several ideas or things the township could do.

Haddle said he’s been approached by two different law enforcement groups and the Trumbull County Sheriff’s Office about potentially contracting with outside agencies.

“Doing a surface cost analysis of it, (the) Trumbull County Sheriff’s Office would be too expensive; Brookfield approached Chief (Brian) Darbey about it, and he put me in contact with them,” Haddle said. “But they’re not on the same

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