'80% of police force resigns after town's first African American mayor elected'

[kalibex]

"Following the election of the town’s first African-American mayor, five of the six officers on a small Missouri town police force resigned en masse, reports KFVS."

http://www.rawstory.com/2015/04/80-percent-of-police-force-resigns-after-missouri-town-elects-first-african-american-mayor/

 

[Thaigrr]

This could be a trend whose "time has come'. The apparent psycho rascist make-up of those quitters can lay the groundwork for hiring cops with a conscious. Oxymoron or

not this story will be worth following.

 

[gdpetti]

80 percent of police force resigns after Missouri town elects first African-American mayor

Tom Boggioni
19 Apr 2015 at 17:49 ET

Following the election of the town’s first African-American mayor, five of the six officers on a small Missouri town police force resigned en masse, reports KFVS.

Former city clerk Tyrus Byrd was sworn in as mayor of Parma, Missouri on Tuesday only to find out that police officers, as well as the city attorney and a water treatment supervisor, had resigned before she took office.

According to outgoing Mayor Randall Ramsey, who is stepping down after 37 years in town hall over two terms, the city employees gave no prior notice.

Residents of the town, some pointing out that the town was probably over-staffed with police, were unconcerned about their safety after the two full-time and three part-time officers quit.

“I think it was pretty dirty the way they all quit without giving her a chance,” resident Martha Miller said. “But I don’t think they hurt the town by quitting, because who needs six police for 740 people?”

================
================

6 cops for 740 people? Can we smell something illegal or corrupt here? Many such small villages utilize county patrol services to save money. So why doesn't this village? Interesting.