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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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[+] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca -18 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Principle of least privilege shouldn't allow the mayor to be privy to that information.

[–] blargh513@sh.itjust.works 20 points 2 days ago (1 children)

That is NOT fucking least privileged access, don't make shit up.

Source: work in security for 15+ years. I know bullshit when I smell it.

[+] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca -9 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

What part of the mayor's job is keeping track of assets?

[–] Burninator05@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Some random police employee is probably responsible for inventory management. But the police chief is responsible for that employee and the mayor is responsible for the chief. So if the mayor believes that assets are being misused they have a responsibly to try and figure it out or they become culpable to misused assets. The lack of top down process ownership is a problem these days. Responsibility rarely rolls uphill but it should.

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago

I think you'll find the comment I responded to was saying tracking state property should be the norm.

I'll further guess you'll find that companies have departments for asset protection.

And if you'll stay with me once more. The security team can reference surveillance to check if timesheets are being falsified.

Now to reiterate: at no point was the mayor involed in seeing the actual data rather they would make a request to the relevant parties.

[–] monkeyslikebananas2@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Um that’s what an elected mayor should do. Ensure that there isn’t fraud, waste and abuse.

[–] kestrel7_7@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

So how do you think a mayor should deal with police lying on their timesheets?

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago

They don't need this to do that.

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Ask security to check the cameras to see if they are leaving early or showing up late. Ask them about login times to see if people are signing in or out early.

Ask whomever tracks the cars to see if they are being signed in or out at odd times. Even asking them just for a list of times a specific car was signed in or out.

At both of these points there is a person who decides whether the mayor should be allowed specific information given their duties. (In the OP example it's for a time sheet that they manage). Also note, both of these provide less information than the OP.