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Georgia mayor admits to tracking police chief’s vehicle; entire full-time police force resigns (www.wsbtv.com)
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Timmons says he placed a tracker on the police chief’s truck and a surveillance camera on a car wash pointing at city hall where the chief’s office is because the mayor’s signature goes on the chief’s time sheets and he had concerns about them.

“The mayor’s position is not just shaking hands and kissing babies,” Timmons said.

But the mayor says he did not expect officers’ signatures on a bunch of resignation letters and did not expect the entire full-time Milner police department to resign effective Wednesday, Oct. 28.

The mayor wants to and says he’ll be able to keep a police department. In the meantime, the sheriff will patrol.

Milner Police Chief Lamar Bunn says he’s done nothing wrong.

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[–] 3 points 2 days ago (5 children)

The article provides no evidence the chief was lying about hit time. There was a tracker and camera, and even the mayor isn't claiming to have collected any proof of fraud

This is the mayor:

Right is right and wrong is wrong. … I turned my life over to Jesus 15 years ago, I’m a recovering drug addict, and I turned my life to Jesus

The mayor comes across as a paranoid addict who treats everyone else like an addict who can't be trusted

TLDR: The cops appear to have been fudging their time sheets to get money for nothing from the city and taxpayers.

Do you have anything to substantiate your claim here?

Separately, it feels very dishonest that you presented it as a TLDR of the article, when the article doesn't make this claim

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  • [–] [S] 18 points 2 days ago (2 children)

    Timmons says he placed a tracker on the police chief’s truck and a surveillance camera on a car wash pointing at city hall where the chief’s office is because the mayor’s signature goes on the chief’s time sheets and he had concerns about them.

    Read closer next time.

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  • [–] -1 points 1 day ago* (1 child)

    @Taldan@lemmy.world is not inaccurate, all they are saying is this isn't cut and dry, and you should keep reading:

    Milner Police Chief Lamar Bunn says he’s done nothing wrong.

    He says his job is not confined to a building, a vehicle or the city limits, that he’s worked remotely at times on administrative matters, emails, for instance, monitoring the radio and more.

    And Bunn says his boss, the city administrator, knows how he works.

    “My job doesn’t stop when I leave the office,” he said.

    The Mayor is a former alcoholic who thinks he's always right because he found religion.

    And if this was anyone other than an officer, Lemmy would be in an uproar about invasion of privacy and in-office requirements.

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  • [–] [S] 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

    And if this was anyone other than an officer, Lemmy would be in an uproar about invasion of privacy and in-office requirements.

    Yeah, because that's a very important detail that can't be ignored.

    And I might think you have a point but for the mass resignation. It's common practice here in the US for cops to just take a job in another department when they get themselves into trouble. These frauds probably already have new gigs lined up.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 day ago

    Do you have anything to substantiate your claim here?

    IMO police corruption is so common in this country that the burden of proof is on the cops to prove they’re not corrupt. As far as I can tell, “lack of accountability” is the main reason people have been getting into the profession (evidence: lower and lower rates of people becoming police officers ever since Ferguson in 2014).

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