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By Dave O’Brien

Record-Courier staff writer

The Ravenna Police Department no longer has an officer assigned to the Portage County Drug Task Force, the multi-jurisdictional agency that investigates the drug trade in Portage County, the department announced this week.

“Management considerations” are the reason behind the change, according to a department press release. The announcement did not go into specifics, but the department and Ravenna Mayor Joseph Bica said budget considerations were not factors in the decision. 

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