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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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[–] Blibly@lemmy.world 51 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Oh, do cops not like being surveiled and held accountable? That's crazy yo.

Perfect opportunity to clean house.

[–] GalacticGrapefruit@lemmy.world 2 points 5 minutes ago

Looks like they just did. I see this as an absolute win.

[–] cruseo@piefed.world 32 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

One of the best things that New York City did while I was living there was to get rid of qualified immunity for police officers. Those who enforce the law should be the last people who should ever be considered to be ABOVE the law.

Simply resigning from one’s position should never absolve one from a crime nor be means from escape from investigation into/prosecution for one’s commission of/participation in a crime/crimes. And for police officers, specifically, when resigning from one police department, it should preclude the ability to ever join another.

Those who are entrusted to enforce the law should be held to a higher standard, not a lower one. This is one of the greatest civil failures of American society that must be corrected as soon as possible.

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 8 points 49 minutes ago (1 children)

Police should have GPS tracking on work vehicles. It is the same as body cameras, it can exonerate them as well as price wrongdoing.

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 2 points 3 minutes ago

Logistics, you know where your people and equipment are in times of crisis instead of calling everyone on the radio. Pretty sure shipping companies do this for similar reasons, know where the stuff is at all times. If they have a problem with that being part of the job, they can find another one. For an honest cop, this shouldn't even be a question.

[–] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 22 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

So the entire force was committing fraud, is what I’m hearing from those resignations. Charge the mfers instead of letting them just fuck off one county over.

[–] Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io 2 points 12 minutes ago

Book 'em Dan-O!

[–] gastroglizzy@piefed.social 25 points 1 hour ago

Cops hate accountability.

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 33 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

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

But I can appreciate the amount of oversight this mayor unilaterally decided to enforce on behalf of constituents. Kinda sucks that we can't get this kind of institutional oversight except on a super-local scale.

[–] Marthirial@lemmy.world 1 points 8 minutes ago

Get rid of trash with this single trick!

[–] schwim@piefed.zip 20 points 2 hours ago

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

I wonder if that excuse would work on him when pulling someone over after retrieving their Flock data.