@@BirdDogey1 I was gonna say the same thing. A town of less than 1000 people. You know who the hoodlums and problem citizens are. Tell the Sheriff and let them deal with it. Fix the water in ya town before tax paying citizens sell and go else where.
As I recall, the members of the Tennessee House of Representatives each represent districts with about 70,000 people in them. One district in Nashville is currently represented by someone who moved here from California, a few years back. When he ran for his seat, he won the primary with 1,956 votes, then ran unopposed in the general election - his first time getting elected to political office. When he filed to run for reelection this year, he had to submit a petition with the signatures of 25 registered voters in his district. He submitted 26 signatures, but one was apparently disqualified, leaving him with the minimum number of signatures. Then his opponent challenged the validity of the signatures, pointing out that several of them had misspelled their own names. At the hearing to decide what to do about the misspelled names, he brought a woman to testify that she was one of the people who had signed the petition and that her signature depended on her mood at the time. The election commission decided to count the misspelled names as valid signatures. It's not difficult to find disturbing things about elections in some parts of Tennessee.
10% are probably under 18 and 5% too old to realize what they are voting for or doing. Half the people typically don't care about local elections or don't even know when the elections are. 2020 presidential election. Like 160 million voted out of 360 million population. And that was like 25 million more than 2016 which was millions more than 2014. The sad reality is that all these people screaming about protecting democracy just don't vote.
Wait, hold up...EVERY SINGLE police officer quit? All 3 of them, including the chief??? Imagine being the police chief of a "police force" of 2 officers.
A Police Chief isn’t just a ‘Chief’ like in the big city. In small communities the Police Chief is usually a working chief, answering calls for service, code violations, dog catcher and a whole slew of other duties not usually thought of. I don’t know this former Chief, but I would hope he was pro active in his community. A department having 2 or 3 officers isn’t unheard of, there are more departments having less than 5 officers than departments having more than 500. I would hope they didn’t sit in the station all day waiting for something to happen, we never did. Having 3 officers in your command means you are also a mentor, supervisor, leader and department head responsible for a ton of paper work, reporting requirements, training requirements, etc. The ‘Chief’ takes on a large liability of officers working under them and liability for the city if they are out of line.
Great reporting 😢 “she’s reassigning our duties to the sheriffs dept” zero follow up like “which duties please give me an example?” Then she tells the mayor “they say you were reassigning their duties.” But she can’t give a freaking example so we get a third grade answer”I was asking them to do their job…” Thanks this was very informative and enlightening
@johnowen9349 It's not incompetence, it's "shilling." Look at this chick, listen to her defensive, "victim" answers. "I wish...," "give me...," "I just...," etc. That haircut alone screams "I'm a strong, independent wammin who don't need no man." Just like no American journalist will never hold a POC or any other "protected class" to account, there's no way she was gonna depict this female mayor in anything approaching a bad light. Not incompetence; she was running cover.
A thousand citizens doesn't even need a police department. Turn it over to the sheriff department. Then you can just worry about the water situation and the other complaints.
Because when seconds count, police are minutes away. I live in a small town that relies on the county sheriff's department. Which means that they have to drive over 20 miles to get here. Unless someone happens to randomly be out in my neck of the woods already.
Why have cops at all? EVERY citizen has arrest power known as citizen arrest and the 2A to enforce that power! The Founders never wanted police as they kicked out the cops of their day known as Red Coats. They expected every citizen to be their own police and secure their neighborhoods. Cops protect the corrupt politicians, judges and DA's not the citizens.
for real. the sheriff is the only constitutionally elected law enforcement. police are policy enforcement. a town of 1000 can police themselves. most of them probably know all the families that live there... they can call the sheriff if there is criminal activity that they need backup for.
Yeah the cops from my city defended the mayor from reporters while being caught playing hockey at a rink that was closed down for children because of covid. No risk to him or his staff though.
These little towns don't need police forces. 1000 residents and paying for cops, uniforms, guns, cruisers, training?? Contract with county sheriff. Also, some of these small town PDs wear uniforms that look like banana republic generals!
They get Federal money through the Rural Development Community Facility grant program. Pays for cops, cars, equipment etc. And that is just one of many Federal programs that fund local police. So it likely does not cost them much.
I lived in a town that relied on sheriffs. It took hrs sometimes for them to arrive on emergency calls like accidents robberies and violence. A town of 1000 people isn’t big true but a police force of just 3 probably saved a lot of money elsewhere through threat mitigation and sheriffs btw make more / their contracts are often far more expensive than it costs to hire a small city police force that’s why so many smaller towns /cities don’t contract with sheriffs departments anymore
My high school had 1200 students when I was growing up. I believe it's over 2000 now. My last employer before I retired had over 3000 employees in the facility where I worked, and approximately 36000 employees nation wide.
Whenever it comes to Clean Water, there is no time to sit around. This issue needs to be cleared up a.s.a.p. They need to have people working day and night until it's resolved, end of discussion.
I’m Canadian so don’t know your system down there but here in Canada if our municipal government is not doing their due diligence in regards to health and safety issues we have agencies at provincial and federal levels we can turn to for help. Are there not similar agencies available for the people to turn to?
@@Oldmane-420nope. Here it’s the illusion of freedom. Bloated bureaucracy’s that do nothing but steal a paycheck, drive around exorbitantly priced town vehicles for personal use etc. we are screwed.
@@Oldmane-420I don't know how it is in Canada..but I imagine it's the same. If you don't have the population density to generate the tax revenue the infrastructure will fall apart. It's not a simple thing to see a town that is no longer viable dissipate back into the earth.
What do they need a police Department for ??? Don't they have county Sherifs and State Troopers? I am from Small town upstate NY and any town around these parts with a police department usually has more crime and debt... 1,000 residents? concentrate on water department.
They are an incorporated town so they would have to pay the Sheriff's Office for Policing. They also probably get State funding for the PD so it may not be cheaper to go to the Sheriff's Office. These things are a lot more complicated than just "It's a small town". We would have to see what the budget for the PD vs the contract offered by the Sheriff's Office.
We have a small town with no police force. A majority of calls for service get passed to the police in the town I live in simply because the Sherriffs department is too far out.
@@ZombieKiller1965 In our state we pay our property tax to the county. There is no contract with the county Sheriffs office they have a duty to protect the entire county. Historically they were always a jailer before a law enforcement arm, but thats changed over the decades. What about the state police in this area do they charge per call? A lot of these schemes in some states with contracting among agencies seem like money grabs to me... Either the elected county Sheriff is for the entire county equally of your are living in a state of grifting laws and schemes.
@@crm6270 Depends on where you are. If someone were to try to call the sheriff's department in Nashville for an emergency, I would say that they are either completely ignorant or an idiot, because the Nashville sheriff's department runs the jail, provides security for the courthouse, and serves warrants. If someone were in the next county over and tried to call the sheriff's department in that county for an emergency, I would assume that was a reasonable thing to do, but possibly not the most efficient course of action, depending on exactly where they are. Alexandria is two counties over, to the east of Nashville. I would guess that the sheriff's department in that county would respond to emergency calls in Alexandria, but (based on my experiences with a rural county in west Tennessee) may not be willing to assign someone to do regular patrols of Alexandria, due to their own shortage of deputies. State police likely have someone assigned to patrol hwy 70, which runs along the southern edge of Alexandria, and would likely respond to an emergency in Alexandria if the sheriff's department asked for assistance, but I doubt they would make a habit of leaving hwy 70 to patrol the rest of Alexandria.
@@davidjackson2690 Depending on how the PD was funded it may have been cheaper than having the Sheriff's Office contract. These towns don't get free policing from the Sheriff's Office they have to pay for it.
To the bot that just replied: Being a cop is nowhere near the most dangerous jobs in this country. (although I seriously doubt you're from this country) Have you seen some of the cops out there? They are very overweight. Not being physically fit sure isn't a hindrance.
@@chrischreative2245 PLEASE STICK WITH ART. EVERY LEO, including the FBI and the CIA, reports to individuals without law enforcement experience. This is a STUPID TAKE. Then every MAYOR around the country would not have control, and for the towns and municipalities that have CITY MANAGERS OR ADMINISTRATORS, then they should also throw in their hats? They are elected not to know they job but to put people in place who can and THEN TO MANAGE THEM AND MANAGE RISK ASSOCIATED with them and their job, as well as EVERY OTHER POSITION that is under their administration. THIS IS WHY IT IS SO WRONG TO STEAL MONEY FROM PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO FUND BS FOR PROFIT K-12 schools because SOME PEOPLE ARE S T U P I D
@@chrischreative2245 PLEASE STICK WITH ART. EVERY LEO, including the FBI and the CIA, reports to individuals without law enforcement experience. This is a STUPID TAKE. Then every MAYOR around the country would not have control, and for the towns and municipalities that have CITY MANAGERS OR ADMINISTRATORS, then they should also throw in their hats? They are elected not to know they job but to put people in place who can and THEN TO MANAGE THEM AND MANAGE RISK ASSOCIATED with them and their job, as well as EVERY OTHER POSITION that is under their administration. THIS IS WHY IT IS SO WRONG TO STEAL MONEY FROM PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO FUND BS FOR PROFIT K-12 schools because SOME PEOPLE ARE S T U P I D
The last time I checked, the Police Chief works for the Mayor. Apparently the Police Chief doesn't like having a boss. Good thing he's gone then. She should just contract with the county for a town that size. Then she will have more time to handle the other problems.
Terrible take. The Police, AND THE MAYOR - work for the PEOPLE. The idea that somehow elected office is a personal fiefdom is not only absurd m it’s how we got here. “The Police Chief works for the Mayor.” No. GTFO. And maybe take some civics classes, FFS. You probably believe that we live in a democracy as well. 🙄
Not necessarily true. The town charter would have the final say on who has ultimate authority over the police department. Without direct knowledge of what that the charter says you and I would be guessing. No mention of a town council so it’s likely the mayor does have that authority in some way but it seems to me that the chief didn’t want anyone especially a new mayor (he obviously didn’t know or agree with) telling him to do anything.
The water department is the most important, with the money they save not having police will save them a lot of money that can be used to fix the water issues.
Turns out that a contract to fix the water issue had been drawn up while the last mayor was still in office. The contract had been awarded to the lowest bidder, but the town government's engineer recommended going with a different company, and the last mayor chose not to sign the contract. The new mayor has said she is going to sign the contract with the low bidder. The low bidder had been responsible for the town's water at some point in the past, which would raise questions of whether or not they allowed things to get this bad.
@@BigBadJohn If what I have been reading is correct, the low bidder has tested the water and identified what is in the water that is making it look cloudy or muddy, and proposed fixing it by adding a chemical that will make the offending element less visible to the naked eye, rather than improving the filtration in some way. One of the residents that has been complaining has stated that she has been getting water bills in the neighborhood of $400 a month, and apparently nothing has been done to determine if there is a leak or if her meter is defective - they apparently just tell her to pay the bill or they will cut her off. I'm on a rural utility cooperative, with my water bill running around $20 a month, and if it goes above $40 in a single month they call to ask if I have filled a swimming pool or noticed any indications of leaks, before they send me the bill.
@@RodManFB HILARIOUS!! Bet your a tRUMP stooge! He's been blaming everyone for anything he can make up and lie about since 1970!! You flush as many times as you NEED to Madame Mayor!
@@James-to7piright, because a perfect example right now isn't the Blues accusing the reds of: Afghan pullout Ukraine 'donations' Stopping the wall Inflation
That’s when policemen become arrogant and don’t want any oversight or change from status quo, good, replace with smaller new police with updated attitudes to policing. They serve the citizens who pay for them , obviously the town needed a change, good that they removed themselves to allow growth
S Mayor should fix the water first, than deal with the police. The water is a problem for all. Now they have 2 problems. Did the mayor know about the water, she lives there doesn't she.
My town did and it was great! We save a ton of tax dollars by contracting with the county to do it for us. It’s a much more efficient use of our tax dollars.
Three men? You call that a police force? This mayor won office with 88 votes?! In a town of a thousand, you don’t need a police force, you know what else you don’t need? A mayor!
Seems to me that the police chief doesn't like being told what to do. This may be news to him, but the *MAYOR* runs the city, and decides who does what, *NOT HIM.* From a public administration perspective, it may be more cost effective to contract with the county for police coverage. The police department is a major financial responsibility on a small city. She needs to have the city attorney contact the state and EPA about the water issue. They should at minimum pick up most of the cost. They need to investigate the source and the cause of the issue and start the repairs at that point. *TOMORROW* If I lived in Middle Tennessee, I'd be in her office tomorrow as a volunteer. I love small town governments.
This town with a population of 981 has a low median household income, so how would they even afford a city attorney? They are struggling to meet the basic needs of the town. Nearly 25 % are 18 y/o and younger and 18% that are 65 y/o and older. All this considered along with other demographics, then there's not a whole lot of tax dollars coming in.
@@arkyboy14 All cities get funding from both federal and state sources. One of the primary job functions of the _City Attorney_ is to submit all the paperwork and grant application to bring in 2 to 3 times his salary. A good CA does better. Most of the money they get is _NON-discretionary_ meaning they are told *exactly* how to and where to spend it. Grants are the real boon to them. Grants have provisions for paying staff working on the project.
That’s the way it used to be. Hell, policing is such a new concept that the first police department wasn’t even established until just less than 200 years ago
Hey News Channel 5, UA-cam is an international platform, if you say something happened in “Alexandria”, how are people supposed to know where the heck that is? There are many cities named Alexandria. UA-cam isn’t the local news, although that is where this story originated. When uploading, give context.
While this news report doesn't tell you what the mayor was ordering the police to do, leaving you to find that information from other news sources, this video answers your question at 2:11 in the video.
Every county/parish has a Sheriff's office in the US. Many very small towns don't even have any local officials, just county officials. This sounds like another "municipality" with too little "city services" to actually require a government to run them.
@@zmortis111no they don’t.I live one town over from Alexandria and we don’t have a cop here nor does the town on the other side of me which is Dowelltown.Alexandria has no business having and cops either as small and poor as it is.Their water is brown.Maybe they should focus on that instead of a mayor or police department.
I would love to have heard more about why all the police officers resigned. More examples of how the mayor was allegedly trying to dictate what the police department should do. It must have been bad if every officer quit. I'm sure these officers had families to provide for so all of them quitting at one time something bad was going on.
In articles from other news sources, the mayor admitted that she had told the police to focus on speed limit enforcement on one particular street - a residential street that is half a mile long, has a stop sign at an intersection near the midpoint, and has a 20mph speed limit.
Looks like the sheriff has confirmed to their local newspaper that the mayor was trying to turn police department responsibilities over to the county - the claim that the mayor denied in this interview - but also told the newspaper that he had told the mayor that the sheriff's department wasn't going to do what she was asking him to do.
Good ol' boys network giving her a hard time - teaching her who's boss. She should be glad their gone - now someone else's problem. No doubt IF she is give time and respect she deserves - she will get it done.
She's already had to have state law explained to her by the county 911 director, according to another news source. It was apparently one of those "Why can't I do that?" - "Because you are not a state certified police officer." conversations.
@@paulsjeeps7528 Last person to explain law is 911 'director' who SWAT the innocent based on hearsay calls or 'certified' officers who only understand 'color of law'. In fact, the 'Council on Criminal Justice Task Force on Policing' called for "complete overhaul of U.S. police training and national standards". The task force found "most police training in the United States is misfocused, too short, uses ineffective teaching methods, and is out of alignment with both community safety priorities and research about what works to minimize bias and use of force." The task force concluded. “Police departments need policies and standards that hold officers accountable - and leaders committed to changing the internal culture of their departments.”
@@TAC817 In other words, the police are always the villain in your world, and you are going to support a mayor who other news outlets are indicating is moving toward approving a plan that seems to be focused on covering up the problems with the town's water supply, rather than fixing them, by signing a contract with someone who appears to have been paid to manage the water system in the past when it was apparently deteriorating into its current condition. The town's engineer opposed signing a contract with the person that offered the plan to leave the contaminants in the water but add a chemical that will make them harder to see with the naked eye, and the last mayor decided against signing that contract. Out of sight, out of mind, seems to be the new town administration's solution.
@@paulsjeeps7528 There are no other words to describe a police state other than it "maintains repressive control over the people by means of police (especially secret police)." Are you in support of police who think they are above the law.. police who feel they dictate "rigid and repressive controls over the social, economic, and political life of the people, especially by means of force." 'In other words', if elected government doesn't do what you specifically want - when you want it - they should be forced?
It sounds like no one in the town is concerned about losing the police, but they are worried about water. Sounds like the police chief was an issue. Bye Felicia
Ever work a job where the government requires you to have government certification to do your job, but doesn't require your boss to have any certification of any kind?
Depends of the form of city government. Some "mayors" are meeting leaders and signers of contracts, mostly, and the city manager oversees all employees included fire and police.
They don’t anyway. Did you know over 90% of officers go their whole career without pulling a weapon or with any issues. It’s only large cities that have issues.
@@chrischreative2245 That's like claiming that 90% of Catholic priests go their whole career without "messin'" with kids, while at the same time protecting/lying for the "bad apples" that do.
@@KushiteComplex Nothing in this world is perfect nor ever has been. The place where most SA occurs is in public school not the Catholic Church. Most cops are good and it’s only those that hate law and order or criminals themselves that don’t like police. We need more police not less but more than police parents need to raise their kids correctly and there would be less need for police and interactions with them
@@chrischreative2245 Your last sentence is blatantly false and shows your "blind spot" for the well-documented history of "KIanners" whose day job is as police officers, who racially profile, falsely arrest, torture and klll Black people for more than 150 years and counting. BTW, 43% engage in domestic violence, whether in small towns or large.
If you check their county newspaper - the Smithville Review - it looks like the mayor would be more likely to be the one doing that. The District Attorney has already been asking for documents related to the mayor's actions. The mayor was previously on the town Board, so she would know where the grift was.
@@paulsjeeps7528 Town of 5,000 here... We did away with our police force of three about 8 years ago when we were a town of just under 3,000... So much improvement since then. Having a police force WAS the grift.
Reading between the lines in their local paper, they heard from the sheriff's department that the mayor was getting ready to fire them. The attempt at 'turning police responsibilities over to the county' that the mayor denied in this interview, was confirmed by the sheriff when the local paper asked him about it, but the sheriff also stated that he had told the mayor he wasn't going to comply with what she had asked his department to do. Their local newspaper seems to be confirming what the police chief has said, along with pointing out that the mayor had previously been on the town Board, so she's not someone who is new to all this and trying to learn how things work and what problems she has to deal with.
The former police chief sounds like a whining toddler. He quit because he didn't like being told what to do. Maybe he also didn't like being told what to do by a woman.
In other news outlets, it was reported that the mayor admitted telling the police to focus on speed limit enforcement on one street - Locust Street - which is a half mile long residential street with a stop sign at an intersection near the midpoint and a 20mph speed limit. The police chief had only two officers working under him to cover the town seven days a week, and the mayor was telling him to focus on people doing over 20mph on one street. Somewhere, there is a Home Owners Association that is missing its president.
Police need to be held accountable, do their jobs, and treat people with respect. Officers who think they should not have any oversight should not be in law enforcement.
Yeah - she strikes me as someone who perhaps has good intentions, but no actual clue how the world actually works. She is asking for, “patience,” and faith - with zero actual policy to speak of. She represents the entire generation of people who appear to believe that their imaginary feelings are more important and more tangible than actual reality. Been watching this happen for sixty plus years - and it’s absolutely why we are in this mess.
Your feelings mean nothing facts do, she won with 88 votes which means very few people in the town are willing to participate in their gov. I have dealt with people like you all my life that sit back and criticize others that work hard to make a change but do nothing to help their community.
@@rooster1012 - Listen to the Rooster crow - you are doing EXACTLY what you are accusing me of. You are delusional, child. Now do something useful. Like maybe doing drugs or something. It might help. 🙄
I grew up in a small town, under 1500 persons and when the one police officer retired they dissolved the department and contractted it out to the township. Same thing with voting, 1500 persons in the town and your get 250 to 350 voting. Don't bitch about something if you didn't vote!
I think the mayor was vague and taking no responsible. You are the leader, blaming people showing no understanding. Complaining on here. Now understand the cops, and get on the same page for your town.
That cop looked like the president of the "He man Women haters club. Title said "Every Police Officer." It should have said three dudes. Looks like they didn't like accountability.
I retired as a chief from about a 25 man department but we have some smaller agencies close and most save a ton of money by contracting calls at night or even all day that matter to the Sheriffs dept. The mayor is 100 percent your boss as a chief btw.
It generally doesn't work that way, because revoking their certification for quitting, would be encouraging them to follow illegal orders instead of walking away when given an illegal order.
@@annegreengables6367 I've quit a job when I only had $200 stashed away, so I don't see the logic in claiming they must have a lot of money stashed away, though it took me less than an hour to get another job. The police chief said she was trying to micromanage and had no experience in law enforcement. If he was telling the truth, it implies that she was giving them detailed instructions on how to do their job, without understanding the legal requirements of the job. The report doesn't provide enough information to determine who is in the wrong in this situation, but it's not something that you can simply say that as mayor she was their boss and they had to do what she said, because if she was telling them to do something that violates a law or could get the city sued, then she was in the wrong and quitting was their best option. If a mayor ordered the police to open fire on protestors, and the police refused to follow the order and quit, who is in the wrong? In such a situation, are the police admitting that they are corrupt and have money stashed away, or are they simply saying that this job isn't worth it?
Four years ago, our little town of 5000 had 40 officers; today, we have four. The budget is almost back in balance, and the crime rate is WAY down. Why? Hundreds of bogus citations no longer being written, dozens of bogus arrests not being made... they are no longer considered revenue generators.
I've long said that local communities should not be able to directly fundraise through law enforcement issued legal penalties. All that money should be collected and sent to the state's general fund, with no reapportionment of funding based on penalties collected. You'd see an immediate shift away from revenue generation activities by police at that point when all they are doing is making enemies of their local citizens.
@@ Her name was the only one on the ballot. So it's either vote for her or don't vote at all. Approx 920 people decided to either write-in or not vote. The question is why the town did not support her and why didn't anyone else run against her if they didn't want her as mayor. You don't get to sit on your arse and do nothing but complain. You're either a part of the solution or the problem.
Sounds like those cops didn't like being told to do their jobs the right way. Now by them quiting like that they just proved they were dirty. Since they're gone now the Sheriff can work there when needed and I'm guessing will do a better job at it.
Sure, that is one possibility. But why does it appear that the mayor is doing interviews on her lunch break in a different county from the one that her town is in?
@@paulsjeeps7528 .. maybe because it was safer or because those formor cops made threats or something, I'm not sure. That is a very good question though.
@@vulcan2882 The town that she is mayor of, doesn't have much to offer in the way of jobs, but the city where she did the interview is less than 20 miles down hwy 70 from her small town, so it is an easy work commute for anyone living in her town and looking for work in a moderately sized city. The reporter doing this report works for a station that is in yet another county, though, and the reporter previously went to mayor's office to ask for an interview and wasn't allowed to talk to the mayor. It seems that the location for this interview was for the mayor's convenience, not the reporter's convenience.
So the no political or law enforcement experience mayor knows how law enforcement works and should tell them how to do their job? They resign instead of dealing with the B.S. so that makes them dirty? Wow I bet you would be a great employee. You would never quit your job no matter how bad it got huh!
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Now that they don't have a police force to pay for, for a town of a whopping 1000 people, they can afford to fix the water.
I was thinking the same thing!
Don’t need a PD. Too small. Contract with the Sheriff.
@@BirdDogey1 I was gonna say the same thing. A town of less than 1000 people. You know who the hoodlums and problem citizens are. Tell the Sheriff and let them deal with it. Fix the water in ya town before tax paying citizens sell and go else where.
@@BirdDogey1Is Alexandria part of Wilson county?
But then who else is going to intimidate and dominate the people?
1,000 people - 88 votes got her elected?
Not to say anything about her, but that voter turnout is disturbingly low!
As I recall, the members of the Tennessee House of Representatives each represent districts with about 70,000 people in them. One district in Nashville is currently represented by someone who moved here from California, a few years back. When he ran for his seat, he won the primary with 1,956 votes, then ran unopposed in the general election - his first time getting elected to political office. When he filed to run for reelection this year, he had to submit a petition with the signatures of 25 registered voters in his district. He submitted 26 signatures, but one was apparently disqualified, leaving him with the minimum number of signatures. Then his opponent challenged the validity of the signatures, pointing out that several of them had misspelled their own names. At the hearing to decide what to do about the misspelled names, he brought a woman to testify that she was one of the people who had signed the petition and that her signature depended on her mood at the time. The election commission decided to count the misspelled names as valid signatures. It's not difficult to find disturbing things about elections in some parts of Tennessee.
10% are probably under 18 and 5% too old to realize what they are voting for or doing. Half the people typically don't care about local elections or don't even know when the elections are. 2020 presidential election. Like 160 million voted out of 360 million population. And that was like 25 million more than 2016 which was millions more than 2014. The sad reality is that all these people screaming about protecting democracy just don't vote.
Only two applicants in a write in campaign. If you didn’t know anything about either one you wouldn’t write their name in.
No kidding..in some Democrat districts voter turnout is 120%
@@user-sw9jo7fe3d Cats and dogs
Wait, hold up...EVERY SINGLE police officer quit? All 3 of them, including the chief??? Imagine being the police chief of a "police force" of 2 officers.
A Police Chief isn’t just a ‘Chief’ like in the big city. In small communities the Police Chief is usually a working chief, answering calls for service, code violations, dog catcher and a whole slew of other duties not usually thought of. I don’t know this former Chief, but I would hope he was pro active in his community. A department having 2 or 3 officers isn’t unheard of, there are more departments having less than 5 officers than departments having more than 500. I would hope they didn’t sit in the station all day waiting for something to happen, we never did. Having 3 officers in your command means you are also a mentor, supervisor, leader and department head responsible for a ton of paper work, reporting requirements, training requirements, etc. The ‘Chief’ takes on a large liability of officers working under them and liability for the city if they are out of line.
Sounds like Mayberry!
What a wonderful world where our communities would only need three cops to keep us safe
It happens more than you think. I know you're just trying to be a smart ass. Get out and travel some. Thousands of small towns all over this country.
@@LouisL-q8zsomething wrong with Mayberry,???
Great reporting 😢 “she’s reassigning our duties to the sheriffs dept” zero follow up like “which duties please give me an example?” Then she tells the mayor “they say you were reassigning their duties.” But she can’t give a freaking example so we get a third grade answer”I was asking them to do their job…” Thanks this was very informative and enlightening
Ever wondered why no one watches local news broadcast anymore ??
I know, right? The reporter was the least competent speaking part of that entire video.
@johnowen9349 It's not incompetence, it's "shilling." Look at this chick, listen to her defensive, "victim" answers. "I wish...," "give me...," "I just...," etc. That haircut alone screams "I'm a strong, independent wammin who don't need no man." Just like no American journalist will never hold a POC or any other "protected class" to account, there's no way she was gonna depict this female mayor in anything approaching a bad light. Not incompetence; she was running cover.
A thousand citizens doesn't even need a police department. Turn it over to the sheriff department.
Then you can just worry about the water situation and the other complaints.
As a retired police officer, I agree!
Because when seconds count, police are minutes away.
I live in a small town that relies on the county sheriff's department.
Which means that they have to drive over 20 miles to get here. Unless someone happens to randomly be out in my neck of the woods already.
I believe every town needs a police officer even Mayberry!
Facts
Why have cops at all? EVERY citizen has arrest power known as citizen arrest and the 2A to enforce that power! The Founders never wanted police as they kicked out the cops of their day known as Red Coats. They expected every citizen to be their own police and secure their neighborhoods. Cops protect the corrupt politicians, judges and DA's not the citizens.
Unless you live there you don't know what exactly is happening.
The thing that hurts a small town is that everyone has their cliques and that is what kills a town.
So very true.
mob mentality at its finest...
Nothing more corrupt than cops in small towns……wake up.
This can be true even in bigger towns and cities as well.
100%
The police departments ARE working under the Mayor of a city.. its the sheriffs that doesn't work under the mayor.
Cop couldn't stand the idea of oversight, he needs to be investigated.
for real. the sheriff is the only constitutionally elected law enforcement. police are policy enforcement. a town of 1000 can police themselves. most of them probably know all the families that live there... they can call the sheriff if there is criminal activity that they need backup for.
Depends on State laws and City charters. But most are under the Mayor.
Yeah the cops from my city defended the mayor from reporters while being caught playing hockey at a rink that was closed down for children because of covid.
No risk to him or his staff though.
Don't even need a police department with a 1,000 people. The sheriff department can handle it
These little towns don't need police forces. 1000 residents and paying for cops, uniforms, guns, cruisers, training?? Contract with county sheriff. Also, some of these small town PDs wear uniforms that look like banana republic generals!
…or Tactical Ted
Yes they do.
They get Federal money through the Rural Development Community Facility grant program. Pays for cops, cars, equipment etc. And that is just one of many Federal programs that fund local police. So it likely does not cost them much.
I lived in a town that relied on sheriffs. It took hrs sometimes for them to arrive on emergency calls like accidents robberies and violence. A town of 1000 people isn’t big true but a police force of just 3 probably saved a lot of money elsewhere through threat mitigation and sheriffs btw make more / their contracts are often far more expensive than it costs to hire a small city police force that’s why so many smaller towns /cities don’t contract with sheriffs departments anymore
I've been to high schools with more students than this town's entire population; why did such a small town even need their own police force???
My high school had 1200 students when I was growing up. I believe it's over 2000 now. My last employer before I retired had over 3000 employees in the facility where I worked, and approximately 36000 employees nation wide.
I don't even need to hear a word from anybody. All I have to do is see the haircut and that tells me everything I need to know.
👍🏼😂 it’s hard to look at 😖
Oh no, not the hairdo 😂
Whenever it comes to Clean Water, there is no time to sit around. This issue needs to be cleared up a.s.a.p. They need to have people working day and night until it's resolved, end of discussion.
YES!
I’m Canadian so don’t know your system down there but here in Canada if our municipal government is not doing their due diligence in regards to health and safety issues we have agencies at provincial and federal levels we can turn to for help. Are there not similar agencies available for the people to turn to?
@@Oldmane-420 no
@@Oldmane-420nope. Here it’s the illusion of freedom. Bloated bureaucracy’s that do nothing but steal a paycheck, drive around exorbitantly priced town vehicles for personal use etc. we are screwed.
@@Oldmane-420I don't know how it is in Canada..but I imagine it's the same. If you don't have the population density to generate the tax revenue the infrastructure will fall apart. It's not a simple thing to see a town that is no longer viable dissipate back into the earth.
What do they need a police Department for ??? Don't they have county Sherifs and State Troopers? I am from Small town upstate NY and any town around these parts with a police department usually has more crime and debt... 1,000 residents? concentrate on water department.
They are an incorporated town so they would have to pay the Sheriff's Office for Policing. They also probably get State funding for the PD so it may not be cheaper to go to the Sheriff's Office. These things are a lot more complicated than just "It's a small town". We would have to see what the budget for the PD vs the contract offered by the Sheriff's Office.
We have a small town with no police force. A majority of calls for service get passed to the police in the town I live in simply because the Sherriffs department is too far out.
@@ZombieKiller1965 In our state we pay our property tax to the county. There is no contract with the county Sheriffs office they have a duty to protect the entire county. Historically they were always a jailer before a law enforcement arm, but thats changed over the decades. What about the state police in this area do they charge per call? A lot of these schemes in some states with contracting among agencies seem like money grabs to me... Either the elected county Sheriff is for the entire county equally of your are living in a state of grifting laws and schemes.
@@crm6270 Depends on where you are. If someone were to try to call the sheriff's department in Nashville for an emergency, I would say that they are either completely ignorant or an idiot, because the Nashville sheriff's department runs the jail, provides security for the courthouse, and serves warrants. If someone were in the next county over and tried to call the sheriff's department in that county for an emergency, I would assume that was a reasonable thing to do, but possibly not the most efficient course of action, depending on exactly where they are. Alexandria is two counties over, to the east of Nashville. I would guess that the sheriff's department in that county would respond to emergency calls in Alexandria, but (based on my experiences with a rural county in west Tennessee) may not be willing to assign someone to do regular patrols of Alexandria, due to their own shortage of deputies. State police likely have someone assigned to patrol hwy 70, which runs along the southern edge of Alexandria, and would likely respond to an emergency in Alexandria if the sheriff's department asked for assistance, but I doubt they would make a habit of leaving hwy 70 to patrol the rest of Alexandria.
A town of 1000 needs 2-3 cops at most please with this nonsense. These cops just want an easy payday.
The department had 3 members. What's your point?
1 cop, on call for after hours emergencies. Anymore they are only revenue generators and do little if any crime prevention.
@@ZombieKiller1965they were a waste of $. Get it?
Cops: "Why can't the peasants just Obey us and Fund us??"
@@davidjackson2690 Depending on how the PD was funded it may have been cheaper than having the Sheriff's Office contract. These towns don't get free policing from the Sheriff's Office they have to pay for it.
For all the cops to quit, I highly doubt she was just asking them just to “do their job”.
Great they QUIT so they NEVER need to rehire ANY of them. They need to get that they DO ANSWER TO US and their MAYOR.
Now is your chance to apply for that police position you've always wanted and know how to do. Good luck!
Well, Mr. Know it all, go down and sign up for the job you take for granted that you don’t have the guts to do….
To the bot that just replied: Being a cop is nowhere near the most dangerous jobs in this country. (although I seriously doubt you're from this country) Have you seen some of the cops out there? They are very overweight. Not being physically fit sure isn't a hindrance.
Doesn't the POLICE CHIEF WORK FOR THE MAYOR... man these people are a trip. Make an officer accountable and all of the sudden they don't want to work
Be accountable to someone with no law enforcement experience? Why? Look at Dolton, Illinois
THEY STOPPED DOING STUUUU..PID !
@@chrischreative2245 PLEASE STICK WITH ART. EVERY LEO, including the FBI and the CIA, reports to individuals without law enforcement experience. This is a STUPID TAKE. Then every MAYOR around the country would not have control, and for the towns and municipalities that have CITY MANAGERS OR ADMINISTRATORS, then they should also throw in their hats? They are elected not to know they job but to put people in place who can and THEN TO MANAGE THEM AND MANAGE RISK ASSOCIATED with them and their job, as well as EVERY OTHER POSITION that is under their administration. THIS IS WHY IT IS SO WRONG TO STEAL MONEY FROM PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO FUND BS FOR PROFIT K-12 schools because SOME PEOPLE ARE S T U P I D
@@chrischreative2245 PLEASE STICK WITH ART. EVERY LEO, including the FBI and the CIA, reports to individuals without law enforcement experience. This is a STUPID TAKE. Then every MAYOR around the country would not have control, and for the towns and municipalities that have CITY MANAGERS OR ADMINISTRATORS, then they should also throw in their hats? They are elected not to know they job but to put people in place who can and THEN TO MANAGE THEM AND MANAGE RISK ASSOCIATED with them and their job, as well as EVERY OTHER POSITION that is under their administration. THIS IS WHY IT IS SO WRONG TO STEAL MONEY FROM PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO FUND BS FOR PROFIT K-12 schools because SOME PEOPLE ARE S T U P I D
Sit down together and chill out !! Educate eachother & work together !
Well Sheet,..That ain;t the republican Way !
The last time I checked, the Police Chief works for the Mayor. Apparently the Police Chief doesn't like having a boss. Good thing he's gone then. She should just contract with the county for a town that size. Then she will have more time to handle the other problems.
no deputies work for the SHERRIF.
Terrible take. The Police, AND THE MAYOR - work for the PEOPLE.
The idea that somehow elected office is a personal fiefdom is not only absurd m it’s how we got here.
“The Police Chief works for the Mayor.” No. GTFO. And maybe take some civics classes, FFS.
You probably believe that we live in a democracy as well. 🙄
Not necessarily true. The town charter would have the final say on who has ultimate authority over the police department. Without direct knowledge of what that the charter says you and I would be guessing. No mention of a town council so it’s likely the mayor does have that authority in some way but it seems to me that the chief didn’t want anyone especially a new mayor (he obviously didn’t know or agree with) telling him to do anything.
Guaranteed she was a F'ing nightmare...
The water department is the most important, with the money they save not having police will save them a lot of money that can be used to fix the water issues.
Turns out that a contract to fix the water issue had been drawn up while the last mayor was still in office. The contract had been awarded to the lowest bidder, but the town government's engineer recommended going with a different company, and the last mayor chose not to sign the contract. The new mayor has said she is going to sign the contract with the low bidder. The low bidder had been responsible for the town's water at some point in the past, which would raise questions of whether or not they allowed things to get this bad.
@@paulsjeeps7528 My little town faces similar issues and has a corruption problem that can't seem to be fixed.
@@BigBadJohn If what I have been reading is correct, the low bidder has tested the water and identified what is in the water that is making it look cloudy or muddy, and proposed fixing it by adding a chemical that will make the offending element less visible to the naked eye, rather than improving the filtration in some way. One of the residents that has been complaining has stated that she has been getting water bills in the neighborhood of $400 a month, and apparently nothing has been done to determine if there is a leak or if her meter is defective - they apparently just tell her to pay the bill or they will cut her off. I'm on a rural utility cooperative, with my water bill running around $20 a month, and if it goes above $40 in a single month they call to ask if I have filled a swimming pool or noticed any indications of leaks, before they send me the bill.
Women micromanaging? Say it ain't so
I hope her town rallies around her and support each other while she tries to clean up the mess she walked into.
Blame somebody else. That’s a very liberal way to move things along!
@@RodManFB HILARIOUS!! Bet your a tRUMP stooge! He's been blaming everyone for anything he can make up and lie about since 1970!! You flush as many times as you NEED to Madame Mayor!
@@James-to7piright, because a perfect example right now isn't the Blues accusing the reds of:
Afghan pullout
Ukraine 'donations'
Stopping the wall
Inflation
Another clear example of why we must return to vigilance committees.
Patience with brown water?
Sure, I'll just call my attorney.
That’s when policemen become arrogant and don’t want any oversight or change from status quo, good, replace with smaller new police with updated attitudes to policing. They serve the citizens who pay for them , obviously the town needed a change, good that they removed themselves to allow growth
Good old boy, wasn't gonna take orders from a woman. I wish the mayor luck.
How do you figure?
@jackmoore6904 are your damn ears broken?
exactly !
Yep
my 1st thought
She sounds like she is in way over her head.
S
Mayor should fix the water first, than deal with the police. The water is a problem for all. Now they have 2 problems. Did the mayor know about the water, she lives there doesn't she.
Im sure she can walk and chew um at the same time
Instead of doing interviews, maybe she should be resigning.
Good luck to the mayor, she seems sincere, and I hope she's successful in correcting the previous mayors shortcomings.
Watch the mayor look away every time she starts a lie
More than 500 towns in the United States have dissolved their police force since the 1960’s.
So what
Because many of the towns found it was more cost effective to contract with the county than maintain their own PD force.
and crime is worse than ever 😂😂😂😂😂😂
My town did and it was great! We save a ton of tax dollars by contracting with the county to do it for us. It’s a much more efficient use of our tax dollars.
and? Usually a statement like this comes with a point.
1600 people in my town, no mayor, award-winning water department...well, that would be John.
1000 people? Ridiculous waste of tax dollars. You don't need a police department. County sheriff's department should be taking care of that.
I wish you the best and good luck Meyer… Stand your ground and do what’s right
Love that black dress.
She seems reasonable reasonable and commited
A police force for 1000 people? What a waste of money. They are better off without road pirates.
Three men? You call that a police force? This mayor won office with 88 votes?! In a town of a thousand, you don’t need a police force, you know what else you don’t need? A mayor!
Seems to me that the police chief doesn't like being told what to do. This may be news to him, but the *MAYOR* runs the city, and decides who does what, *NOT HIM.*
From a public administration perspective, it may be more cost effective to contract with the county for police coverage. The police department is a major financial responsibility on a small city.
She needs to have the city attorney contact the state and EPA about the water issue. They should at minimum pick up most of the cost. They need to investigate the source and the cause of the issue and start the repairs at that point. *TOMORROW*
If I lived in Middle Tennessee, I'd be in her office tomorrow as a volunteer. I love small town governments.
This town with a population of 981 has a low median household income, so how would they even afford a city attorney? They are struggling to meet the basic needs of the town. Nearly 25 % are 18 y/o and younger and 18% that are 65 y/o and older. All this considered along with other demographics, then there's not a whole lot of tax dollars coming in.
Actually that's not true . The mayor has no idea what she is doing when it comes to police .
@@arkyboy14 All cities get funding from both federal and state sources. One of the primary job functions of the _City Attorney_ is to submit all the paperwork and grant application to bring in 2 to 3 times his salary.
A good CA does better.
Most of the money they get is _NON-discretionary_ meaning they are told *exactly* how to and where to spend it.
Grants are the real boon to them. Grants have provisions for paying staff working on the project.
No knowledge, no experience yet wants to micro manage 😂😂😂😂😂😂
You do not need those gangsters ripping off the tax payers. Just stick together and protect yourselves and those around you.
That’s the way it used to be. Hell, policing is such a new concept that the first police department wasn’t even established until just less than 200 years ago
People need to quit acting like police are some type of important entity because they’re really not
Hey News Channel 5, UA-cam is an international platform, if you say something happened in “Alexandria”, how are people supposed to know where the heck that is? There are many cities named Alexandria. UA-cam isn’t the local news, although that is where this story originated. When uploading, give context.
While this news report doesn't tell you what the mayor was ordering the police to do, leaving you to find that information from other news sources, this video answers your question at 2:11 in the video.
Why does a town of 1000 people need cops anyway!
Every county/parish has a Sheriff's office in the US. Many very small towns don't even have any local officials, just county officials. This sounds like another "municipality" with too little "city services" to actually require a government to run them.
@@zmortis111no they don’t.I live one town over from Alexandria and we don’t have a cop here nor does the town on the other side of me which is Dowelltown.Alexandria has no business having and cops either as small and poor as it is.Their water is brown.Maybe they should focus on that instead of a mayor or police department.
I would love to have heard more about why all the police officers resigned. More examples of how the mayor was allegedly trying to dictate what the police department should do. It must have been bad if every officer quit. I'm sure these officers had families to provide for so all of them quitting at one time something bad was going on.
In articles from other news sources, the mayor admitted that she had told the police to focus on speed limit enforcement on one particular street - a residential street that is half a mile long, has a stop sign at an intersection near the midpoint, and has a 20mph speed limit.
Looks like the sheriff has confirmed to their local newspaper that the mayor was trying to turn police department responsibilities over to the county - the claim that the mayor denied in this interview - but also told the newspaper that he had told the mayor that the sheriff's department wasn't going to do what she was asking him to do.
Good ol' boys network giving her a hard time - teaching her who's boss. She should be glad their gone - now someone else's problem. No doubt IF she is give time and respect she deserves - she will get it done.
She's already had to have state law explained to her by the county 911 director, according to another news source. It was apparently one of those "Why can't I do that?" - "Because you are not a state certified police officer." conversations.
@@paulsjeeps7528 Last person to explain law is 911 'director' who SWAT the innocent based on hearsay calls or 'certified' officers who only understand 'color of law'. In fact, the 'Council on Criminal Justice Task Force on Policing' called for "complete overhaul of U.S. police training and national standards". The task force found "most police training in the United States is misfocused, too short, uses ineffective teaching methods, and is out of alignment with both community safety priorities and research about what works to minimize bias and use of force." The task force concluded. “Police departments need policies and standards that hold officers accountable - and leaders committed to changing the internal culture of their departments.”
@@TAC817 In other words, the police are always the villain in your world, and you are going to support a mayor who other news outlets are indicating is moving toward approving a plan that seems to be focused on covering up the problems with the town's water supply, rather than fixing them, by signing a contract with someone who appears to have been paid to manage the water system in the past when it was apparently deteriorating into its current condition. The town's engineer opposed signing a contract with the person that offered the plan to leave the contaminants in the water but add a chemical that will make them harder to see with the naked eye, and the last mayor decided against signing that contract. Out of sight, out of mind, seems to be the new town administration's solution.
@@paulsjeeps7528 There are no other words to describe a police state other than it "maintains repressive control over the people by means of police (especially secret police)." Are you in support of police who think they are above the law.. police who feel they dictate "rigid and repressive controls over the social, economic, and political life of the people, especially by means of force."
'In other words', if elected government doesn't do what you specifically want - when you want it - they should be forced?
@@paulsjeeps7528 Police need to stay in thier own lane and leave governing to the lady who wears the pants.
It sounds like no one in the town is concerned about losing the police, but they are worried about water. Sounds like the police chief was an issue. Bye Felicia
Most likely a " girl boss " situation .
Oh damn!! A MAYOR telling the police what to do!!!?? SHE IS THEIR BOSS!!!!
Ever work a job where the government requires you to have government certification to do your job, but doesn't require your boss to have any certification of any kind?
They're not law enforcement they're vigilantes.
Technically the citizens are their boss.
@@sobeeaton5693Blow more felons.
Depends of the form of city government. Some "mayors" are meeting leaders and signers of contracts, mostly, and the city manager oversees all employees included fire and police.
She looks like a lefty
So sad people don't vote and unqualified people get into positions and things go to shit.
1000 people don't need a city department. Police yourselves.
Don’t need city hall!
Sounds like the public needs to see thise communications and see what she said to them.
The mayor is suppose to control the police
And the police are supposed to follow the law. Problems start when those two points conflict with each other.
they are sherrifs dept not police
@@megsley incorrect
Blessings for the town of Alexandria the mayor, the police officers, and their water supply
Now that they don't have a police force, they won't need to budget MILLION$ every year to pay for police misconduct lawsuits.
Saw a video that a large city department has a budget of 1 billion dollars, not million, but billion. Lot of money for OFFICER SAFETY.
They don’t anyway. Did you know over 90% of officers go their whole career without pulling a weapon or with any issues. It’s only large cities that have issues.
@@chrischreative2245 That's like claiming that 90% of Catholic priests go their whole career without "messin'" with kids, while at the same time protecting/lying for the "bad apples" that do.
@@KushiteComplex Nothing in this world is perfect nor ever has been. The place where most SA occurs is in public school not the Catholic Church. Most cops are good and it’s only those that hate law and order or criminals themselves that don’t like police. We need more police not less but more than police parents need to raise their kids correctly and there would be less need for police and interactions with them
@@chrischreative2245 Your last sentence is blatantly false and shows your "blind spot" for the well-documented history of "KIanners" whose day job is as police officers, who racially profile, falsely arrest, torture and klll Black people for more than 150 years and counting. BTW, 43% engage in domestic violence, whether in small towns or large.
Alexandria, where? Obviously produced for local consumption only.
Take another look at 2:11 to 2:15 in the video.
@@paulsjeeps7528 Thanks! I missed it.
Kinda hard to have patience when you’re dealing with such a big issue, and for so long.
she Just GOT there. give her a chance.
@@edwsc3 She asked for the job, and from what little has been reported, she appears to have made no improvements but managed to create a new problem.
And thinking it would get fixed in 27 days? Come on.
Alexandria where? Louisiana? Maybe report better....also I believe him. She looks ridiculous 😂
From 2:11 to 2:15, the camera focuses on a sign stating that it is in Tennessee.
@@paulsjeeps7528 ahh ok thanks
That little town is so stoked those leaches quit.
That "chief" was grifting that town dry.
If you check their county newspaper - the Smithville Review - it looks like the mayor would be more likely to be the one doing that. The District Attorney has already been asking for documents related to the mayor's actions. The mayor was previously on the town Board, so she would know where the grift was.
@@paulsjeeps7528 Town of 5,000 here...
We did away with our police force of three about 8 years ago when we were a town of just under 3,000...
So much improvement since then.
Having a police force WAS the grift.
Dumb words from a dumb account
@@667SatansNeighbor Name of the town
@@grimjoe4739 Estacada OR.
Unbelievable every place is a mess so just more messy so sad
The longer I live, the happier I am to meet Jesus.
Amen.
So, why did the police quit?
Reading between the lines in their local paper, they heard from the sheriff's department that the mayor was getting ready to fire them. The attempt at 'turning police responsibilities over to the county' that the mayor denied in this interview, was confirmed by the sheriff when the local paper asked him about it, but the sheriff also stated that he had told the mayor he wasn't going to comply with what she had asked his department to do. Their local newspaper seems to be confirming what the police chief has said, along with pointing out that the mayor had previously been on the town Board, so she's not someone who is new to all this and trying to learn how things work and what problems she has to deal with.
Get her out of there
The former police chief sounds like a whining toddler. He quit because he didn't like being told what to do. Maybe he also didn't like being told what to do by a woman.
In other news outlets, it was reported that the mayor admitted telling the police to focus on speed limit enforcement on one street - Locust Street - which is a half mile long residential street with a stop sign at an intersection near the midpoint and a 20mph speed limit. The police chief had only two officers working under him to cover the town seven days a week, and the mayor was telling him to focus on people doing over 20mph on one street. Somewhere, there is a Home Owners Association that is missing its president.
Police need to be held accountable, do their jobs, and treat people with respect. Officers who think they should not have any oversight should not be in law enforcement.
Just listening for a few minutes, this woman sounds like a problem. Good luck Alexandria.
What the cops couldn't beat people anymore?
That police chief is Fired. Yes Big Dog you have a female boss well had
Yeah I woukd have ran for the hills too
Things was neglected? What? Well you get the govt you deserve.
What's her salary?
1000 People? What is the demand for police? The large cities do far more with far less.
Seems water is important
Did not get that way over night! How much did the last mayor walk away with???
@@charleselphinstone6714 The new mayor was previously on the town Board, so how much was she getting during that time?
LET THEM QUIT!! You can find some "C" students to become police officers to replace what you had.
So you want less qualified police? Do you feel the same way about your doctor? I didn't think so.
That'd be the premium recruits.
@@sergioleone4215 Their point was they would be hiring more qualified police....
Sounds liike there should be ONE police officer and good coordination with the County Sherrif.
Yeah - she strikes me as someone who perhaps has good intentions, but no actual clue how the world actually works. She is asking for, “patience,” and faith - with zero actual policy to speak of. She represents the entire generation of people who appear to believe that their imaginary feelings are more important and more tangible than actual reality.
Been watching this happen for sixty plus years - and it’s absolutely why we are in this mess.
Your feelings mean nothing facts do, she won with 88 votes which means very few people in the town are willing to participate in their gov. I have dealt with people like you all my life that sit back and criticize others that work hard to make a change but do nothing to help their community.
@@rooster1012 - Listen to the Rooster crow - you are doing EXACTLY what you are accusing me of.
You are delusional, child. Now do something useful. Like maybe doing drugs or something. It might help. 🙄
Interesting that the police chief thinks no one can tell him what to do. City should be glad he resigned. Hope doesn’t show up a town down the road.
I grew up in a small town, under 1500 persons and when the one police officer retired they dissolved the department and contractted it out to the township.
Same thing with voting, 1500 persons in the town and your get 250 to 350 voting.
Don't bitch about something if you didn't vote!
We the people come first or no need for any government.. they all need held accountable for their actions 💯
I think the mayor was vague and taking no responsible. You are the leader, blaming people showing no understanding. Complaining on here. Now understand the cops, and get on the same page for your town.
entire force do not quit and I'll bet she is not telling the entire truth
At least the glass ceiling of corruption and incompetence has been broken
Good Luck New Mayor! Not something I would want to tackle!
That cop looked like the president of the "He man Women haters club. Title said "Every Police Officer." It should have said three dudes. Looks like they didn't like accountability.
So Funny ! And True !
Dude doesn't realize that the mayor is indeed over the police department.
I retired as a chief from about a 25 man department but we have some smaller agencies close and most save a ton of money by contracting calls at night or even all day that matter to the Sheriffs dept. The mayor is 100 percent your boss as a chief btw.
City is safer now and saving alot of money
Give her 90 days then judge
that's actually a great thing. Guaranteed those cops were useless. Quitting is a sign they are snowflakes.
Shady and stupid. Think by quitting their past behavior will be forgotten.
tRUMP voters at their best! And now to play the victim!
What is a snowflake?
Just asking
Those cops should be nationally de-certified for abandoning their posts.
It generally doesn't work that way, because revoking their certification for quitting, would be encouraging them to follow illegal orders instead of walking away when given an illegal order.
They not in the military.
@@paulsjeeps7528 What illegal order did she give them? If they quit, it sounds like they had a lot of money stashed away.
@@annegreengables6367 I've quit a job when I only had $200 stashed away, so I don't see the logic in claiming they must have a lot of money stashed away, though it took me less than an hour to get another job. The police chief said she was trying to micromanage and had no experience in law enforcement. If he was telling the truth, it implies that she was giving them detailed instructions on how to do their job, without understanding the legal requirements of the job. The report doesn't provide enough information to determine who is in the wrong in this situation, but it's not something that you can simply say that as mayor she was their boss and they had to do what she said, because if she was telling them to do something that violates a law or could get the city sued, then she was in the wrong and quitting was their best option.
If a mayor ordered the police to open fire on protestors, and the police refused to follow the order and quit, who is in the wrong? In such a situation, are the police admitting that they are corrupt and have money stashed away, or are they simply saying that this job isn't worth it?
People are allowed to quit a job if they want to. Imagine being forced to stay at a job you dont want to stay at. Are you for real???
I salute her bravery/naïveté for taking public office. Nothing but grief and bullshit. No thanks.
Four years ago, our little town of 5000 had 40 officers; today, we have four. The budget is almost back in balance, and the crime rate is WAY down. Why? Hundreds of bogus citations no longer being written, dozens of bogus arrests not being made... they are no longer considered revenue generators.
I've long said that local communities should not be able to directly fundraise through law enforcement issued legal penalties. All that money should be collected and sent to the state's general fund, with no reapportionment of funding based on penalties collected. You'd see an immediate shift away from revenue generation activities by police at that point when all they are doing is making enemies of their local citizens.
😂😂 Just got done watching Support Your Local Sheriff and this pops up. 😂
This makes me want to go there a be a Police Officer
88/1000 people gets a mayor elected?! Something's not smelling right...and i don't think it's just Swamp gas!
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Her name was the only one on the ballot. So it's either vote for her or don't vote at all. Approx 920 people decided to either write-in or not vote. The question is why the town did not support her and why didn't anyone else run against her if they didn't want her as mayor. You don't get to sit on your arse and do nothing but complain. You're either a part of the solution or the problem.
She wants the best cops, hahahahhahaha. Which model of lawsuit generating psychopath is she referring to.
nothing wrong with that. there are good ones and bad. I think the bad just quit.
The police that quit were dead weight anyway if they think they didn't serve FOR THE PEOPLE! And yes, the mayor is their boss.
Rule 1 when being a politician; always blame the previous administration...
Ten bucks says those cops just go join the Sheriff's Department anyway.
Is this a water interview or police shortage interview?
are you incapable of holding two ideas simultaneously in your mind? Or are you only able to concentrate on one thing? FFS
@barrymantelli8011 yeah ...I can multitask..like yo mommas mouth.🤣
Sounds like those cops didn't like being told to do their jobs the right way. Now by them quiting like that they just proved they were dirty. Since they're gone now the Sheriff can work there when needed and I'm guessing will do a better job at it.
Sure, that is one possibility. But why does it appear that the mayor is doing interviews on her lunch break in a different county from the one that her town is in?
@@paulsjeeps7528 .. maybe because it was safer or because those formor cops made threats or something, I'm not sure. That is a very good question though.
@@vulcan2882 The town that she is mayor of, doesn't have much to offer in the way of jobs, but the city where she did the interview is less than 20 miles down hwy 70 from her small town, so it is an easy work commute for anyone living in her town and looking for work in a moderately sized city. The reporter doing this report works for a station that is in yet another county, though, and the reporter previously went to mayor's office to ask for an interview and wasn't allowed to talk to the mayor. It seems that the location for this interview was for the mayor's convenience, not the reporter's convenience.
@@paulsjeeps7528 ... that could also be true too.
So the no political or law enforcement experience mayor knows how law enforcement works and should tell them how to do their job? They resign instead of dealing with the B.S. so that makes them dirty? Wow I bet you would be a great employee. You would never quit your job no matter how bad it got huh!