Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2020/02/20/police-chief-relieved-of-duty.html
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Oh man, the one criminal in town is going to have a field day now.
Live Free In Your Skivvies, as they say in the Newer of Hampshires.
Ser Barristan Selmy did it better.
Excellent. Now do the Chicago PD.
That’s a baller move.
Issues with budgets and tickets? I wonder if he was just turning into a speed trap ticketing machine like several other small towns I’m aware of. If so, disbanding the force is the easiest way to fix the problem.
I assume they’ll just rely on the county sheriff for all their crime fighting needs, which I think a lot of small sleepy towns do anyway.
The good news is there was no police around to arrest him for indecent exposure.
More likely he wasn’t issuing enough tickets to pay for himself so the town disbanded their police force and will instead rely on the state police.
I’d think that if he was actually a “speed trap ticketing machine”, the revenue from the fines would work in his favor, budget-wise.
The Town council, “We could save money firing the Police Chief before he is elegible to retire.” with the motion carried.
Crime, we don’t have any crime hence no need for our Police force. A kin to mangers at a tech company firing the IT department cause nothing ever goes wrong with the OS.
Reckon Sullivan County PD will take over w
No police? Let’s go get sushi and not pay!
Were I him I’d go straight to robbing the liquor store.
So he stripped down to his underwear and walked out.
That guy, yeah he’s my hero today, but tomorrow likely someone else.