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Entire Ga. PD resigns; officer alleges mayor put tracker on police chief's vehicle (www.police1.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by alapakala to c/georgia

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Milner PD Chief Lamar Bunn and his entire department will be stepping down; one officer's resignation letter cited frustration with the mayor and some city council members

[–] Zedstrian@sopuli.xyz 15 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (8 children)

Milner had a population of 772 at the time of the 2020 census. A FOX 5 report stated that the department had five full-time officers, all of whom resigned.

A town of 772 people doesn't need five police officers in any case.

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[–] alapakala [S] 4 points 2 weeks ago (7 children)

Nobody does.

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[–] Zedstrian@sopuli.xyz 7 points 2 weeks ago* (6 children)

While most cities would be better off if they invested a portion of police department resources into mental health support and other social welfare programs, a police department of some kind is inevitably necessary in cities beyond a certain scale, such as New York. Crime is inevitable to some extent.

For rural areas, it's probably more efficient to just have a county sheriff office instead.

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[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 weeks ago

Crime is inevitable to some extent.

Nah. Some people don't deserve civilization.

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