Pacolet SC Sept 17 2022 Hostile conditions, resistance to change from town leaders, and interpersonal tensions were attributed Wednesday evening as reasons for the mass exodus from the Pacolet Police Department. The town of Pacolet is left with no functioning police department after three police officers, including Chief John Alexander and Lt. Daniel Gipson, have […]
GAINES TOWNSHIP, Mich. April 3 2021 As of 12:01 a.m. Thursday, there are no longer police officers in Gaines Township. It’s just the chief left and he will only be working part-time. First thing Thursday, April 1, the three remaining police officers dropped off their uniforms, guns and badges and turned in the keys to their […]
COLUMBIA, S.C. Dec 1 2020— Situated in the southeast of Lexington County near where Interstate 77 ends at Interstate 26, the town of Pine Ridge has a small police department protecting its population of 2,000 people. At most, the town would normally have three full-time officers on staff, supplemented by part-time officers. But Pine […]
SCHENECTADY, New York May 11 2020– Even with threatened layoffs of about 40 cops and 33 firefighters, Mayor Gary McCarthy warned the city would also need to make deep cuts to other departments unless federal aid is restored. McCarthy told City Council members Monday night during their committee meeting that if that money doesn’t materialize and […]
Ridgetop TN June 13 2019 The city of Ridgetop, Tennessee, has disbanded its police force after a special-called meeting Monday night. “It was all budget,” said Ridgetop Mayor Tony Reasoner. “We can’t afford it. Hopefully, and I’m going to float this idea with the board, but I think we need a 4-5 member board of […]
Chicago IL May 12 2019 Amtrak’s proposed budget cuts will shrink the rail agency’s police department by 18% in the next three years, according to the union representing Amtrak police. The budget reductions — which the union called “potentially dangerous” — are part of Amtrak’s plan to cut payroll across the country by 2022. As it […]
INEZ, Ky. February 12 2019 A Kentucky sheriff has told the local fiscal court he is suspending all law enforcement activities because of lack of funding. The Lexington Herald-Leader reports, Martin County Sheriff John Kirk took the stage without invitation at a fiscal court meeting Monday. Kirk said his office is still owed a $75,000 January […]
RANDOLPH, Vt. December 6 2018 — The small-town police force here was like something out of an old black-and-white folksy movie — a relic of an era when gas was cheap and kids gathered at the local depot to watch the big trains rumble through. Members of the Randolph Police Department walked a beat on Main […]
GARDEN CITY, Mo. November 22 2018— A Missouri town is without a police force after the city decided to lay off 100 percent of the department’s staff, according to a Nov. 14 Facebook post by the Garden City Police Department. Then less than a week later, the city held an executive session and “suspended” […]
Blandford MA July 31 2018 The entire police department in Blandford, a small town in western Massachusetts, resigned Monday, leaving instructions for residents on what to do in the event of an emergency on its Facebook page. “Attention Blandford residents: If you have a police, fire or medical emergency, please continue to call 911 as […]