Obviously because they felt the other group was under performing or corrupt.

That would require doing actual journalism.

It would be nice to hear why the police department resigned, they probably had other reasons for the resignation, besides "I don't like the new mayor's face."

@@jamesball8519 Then there should be no issue finding these people for interviews

@@masa461 it's become the Republican norm. My way or no way.

Lmmfaooooo Second team golibukzzz are chirping 😂

🎯

Release the Karen's

the feds will. they dont believe in self defence

Think of all the crime that will be resolved without the police. Please go away judges, prosecutors, attorneys, and all the other slugs of this world.

He is the real criminal mastermind.

​@@topdogred 😂

HOW did I miss that the first time! Wow, I really can zone out when my attention isn't kept, I guess?

It's the best part

yeah looks like the town lost some amazing police officers /s

"John Bunch vowed to dismantle the PD" Is this guy a Democrat?

The same people that want the police gone will be the same people that be calling the police all the time. What a joke 🤣🤣🤣

@Mariam Walters , No. These are the same people that will hire private armed security.

@@samuelschick8813 Only the wealthy ones.

@@fergalstackstreams, You forgot about the politicians like AOC and such.

Diversity is our strength.

Why would a journalist work ?

Google tells me while Bunch apparently did some corrupt things before becoming Mayor, the cops were complaining about low pay when they had something like 3 times the amount of cops they should've had. A town of ~1200 should only need 2 or 3 cops.

Either you want completely unbias news or you don't.

@Kevin L You don't quit a job just because you don't like someone. What has he said or done to make them quit ?

That's what you get for living in small town America.

​@@davemathews7890 and that's what you get also for living in the city.

Are you in Chicago or Baltimore?

vote him out.... recall

@@risingstorm4239 Small time grifters running the city government and the entire police force quitting in disgust. In exactly what city has that happen ed?

Americans failing to understand and speak english? Say it ain't so!

He could be weary of it. Maybe he's sick of having to make sure the community is safe, and wants a new job.

@@Bobo-ox7fj Ghetto brain culture influence. Not only is it popular, but has been validated by Ghetto brains who tried to normalize speech impediments back in the day with terms like “ebonics”. Just to to the “liberry” down the “skreet”, and “ax” “dem” “wut” “ta” look up. If there is an emergency, call for an “ambalance”. Reminds me of when a toddler says “pisquetti” instead of spaghetti and no one corrects them. People act like it is cool, but it’s really just moron talk.

@@Bobo-ox7fj “under John bunch term”. Should be under John bunche’s term, or under the term of John Bunch. The fking reporter herself is an idiot, as well as who wrote her script. They used to hire professionals to do the news. Now it is really starting to look like the film Idiocracy more and more every day.

Him and the cops are corrupt. They know they're going to be investigated and apparently most of the town agrees they should be.

Probably due to you living in a “small town in central Maine”. I doubt it had any crime when there was a police force.

exactlt

Yeah.. sure

​@@rockstar-kp2jy sherrifs are police that are voted in and responsible to the people. They have always done better than metro police

Got rid of psychothugs in blue and things are better? You must be making it up/sarc

As it should be even with a police department 😬👍

Or be terrorized by gangs....

Your name should be big snowflake GO DRINK A BUD

good luck with that. dUMB .

LoL because the state or county police force quit as well, who knew.

you do know they were talking about Goodman Missouri, not Rockford Illinois, right?

​@@danielstevens3869 he's just saying in general how corrupt the system is.

How about every time something happens when you have to call the cops they ask if you want a report filled out and then tell you they'll never find the person? It didn't effect them so why would they care? I got hit in a hit a run that totaled my Jeep Wrangler and the Ford explorer took off, this child cop shows up looks at me and drives away? I had to call the police Dept and tell them to send another cop because the last one was too stupid to comprehend anything. The same cop showed up 10 mins later and asked if I wanted an accident report filled out on my undrivable totaled wrangler? How Stupid could a person be and a cop at that. The system is full of 70 IQ's these days.

​@@danielstevens3869 small town cops are the same everywhere. They're thugs with badges and guns.

@@danielstevens3869 I've lived in Missouri most of my life. My screen name should've been a clue but most trolls like you are clueless dumbasses so I understand why you didn't catch that.

Ok a few points here, fees collected from traffic tickets are collected by the judiciary not the executors, and in most states that just becomes general budget pooling. So no, police departments are never directly funded by “ticketing”, incidentally if you are speeding at any level you are a viable candidate for a traffic stop. In Maryland it’s unheard of to get pulled for less than ten over, in Virginia people can and will be ticketed at four over. On another note define “sweet heart deal”. People forget that police do not make policy they are the instrument of policy. 90% of the time if your angry about something a cop does, look at the politicians first. This goes double for legislators. Politicians are all too happy to take credit for police work when things go well, and only too happy to chuck officers under the bus when their half baked policies fail. Sort of like how the mayor of Portland proudly tells everyone how they have the fewest cops per capita of any US city and will also deride cops for slow response times. Or my personal favorite, how Oregon’s DA refuses to prosecute anything short of murder tied to a riot and will scream about how cops are not doing their job.

@trollolol “I, __________, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the state of Missouri, against all enemies, foreign and domestic;  that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same;  that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion;  and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties upon which I am about to enter.  And I do further swear (or affirm) that I do not advocate, nor am I a member of any political party or organization that advocates the overthrow of the government of the United States or of this state by force or violence;  and that during such a time as I am a member of the (name of disaster or emergency organization), I will not advocate nor become a member of any political party or organization that advocates the overthrow of the government of the United States or of this state by force or violence.” TLDR: Its the oath public servants swear in the state of missouri. cant for the life of me detect anything that says: I will only do my job if I am getting sugar blown up my butt! A police officer who is doing the job for cheers is the same one who lets the authority get to his head. Ill never understand why people in the us constantly defend the despicable behaviour of the police.

@@mikewaterfield3599 Alachula county in Florida would beg to differ. especially the town of Starke

@@robertravena well I can't argue the vagaries of Florida law, I have not lived there in some 15 years. I can say MDOT freely admits to using robot speed cops to pay for our light rail system. Then again that cheap mass transit system is nothing more than tumorous blood vessels spreading the cancer of Baltimore to the surrounding towns and neighborhoods.

@@mikewaterfield3599 Your explanation is grossly bias. The op said the term speed trap. So don't act like people are bad for unknowingly speeding in a *speed trap* . It just might happen to you one day...

how in the world did you come to that conclusion...can you provide some context? and not just a "hunch"

Liberals don’t think, exactly right. Republicans showed them their folly.

Maybe they didn't need THOSE police. They are obviously afraid of something. Sounds like these cops have lost their cover and their protector. This smells like a corrupt police department.

They obviously voted this way for a reason but no one interviewed them. I wonder why, they must have been with it.

You’ve heard of voter fraud, right? Seems to me like the police are not willing to put up with somebody who was placed rather than elected

Goodman violent crime is 9.5. (The US average is 22.7) · Goodman property crime is 23.5. (The US average is 35.4) .., Police must have been working, 1.6% black, 80% white

Glad these blue line gangsters finally got the message that nobody likes or wants them.

The police themselves gave the citizens a reason to hate them.

Why do people hate cops? There is a reason.

Not only do they have to deal with the people hating them, but the DA's and judges just let the criminals go, so the police are often forced to continuously arrest the same person, just to watch them walk, over and over.

Oh jeez, we're really missing out on something special. Won't you reconsider?! We need you!......😂

This is what you get with "diversity" hires.

they have the good ol boy system there, lie cheat and anything else to cover eachother

1:12

That was funny 😂

Me: He did it.....the crazy son-of-a-byatch did it.

"He must work out?" Lloyd Christmas

Dude looks like west chaplin 😂😂

I was just coming to say the same thing!

Well, Goodman, Mo isn't exactly NYC.

Yeah pretty embarrassing Let's hire someone who has a speech impediment

This is how it is in the little towns. You should see some of the local tv commercials 😂

well what do people expect when you have to hire people according to tax benefits and making sure you are inclusive as opposed to hiring the best qualified

Nope they didn't force anybody to vote in any manner. They simply decided that the job was not worth the headache.

​@@colincampbell767they should have never been cops to begin with if they're so willing to quit over election results they don't like. Sounds to me like the "cops" were afraid of having to be responsible and accountable for the finding they get.

@@DR-sv8ke You act as if you think cops owe you anything.

The police don't make the laws. It is their job to enforce the laws made by the people you elect.

@@debby8428 there's nothing on the books in Any state making self defense illegal specifically .. malicious police sneaking between the laws deliberately to do unintended things by misinterpreting the law deliberately and often flagrantly . is not illegal enough yet

@@debby8428 “I was just following orders”… Hmmm, where have i heard that before?

@@debby8428 I agree with you! Screw that constitution and their rights! Cops can do their jobs!!

@@Bolt99K If they are told to stand down in a riot they must follow orders. You may concentrate on the bad few but I prefer to see the good many.

or more likely police showing what cunts they actually are.

The police don't believe in democracy.

good thing the USA doesn't have those..people are elected by THE PEOPLE. Votes of NO confidence(don't even know the name eh?) are ways to supersede democracy by the elite. It doesn't matter if you believe someone can lead, if you abandon your post thats you being guilty of deleliction of duty. You are directly standing against the PEOPLE...shows that the people don't want these corrupt pigs as cops. what happened to the good ones? Who knows, the corrupt ones just disappeared.

@Kevin L will for me im a non voter cuz i like to watch what happens if the people who vote for a person that end up being an ass & ask me if i vote for that clown i tell them fuck voting & i laugh at people who did & bitch about the guy in office..... u vote him or her in & they doing bad then now u want vote him out.... cuz i only vote for games,movies,shows & music that it cuz i get what i paid for to be happen playing or watching a good show but vote for person for office take ur money & give nothing back

it is, which is why the USA doesn't do votes of no confidence, because that supercedes the peoples will and freedom of self govern

​@@ravinraven6913 you've never self governed. It's all a myth. You're prisoners of the elite who own you.

What police force? 🤣Do you people ever fucking think before you talk?

@@ravinraven6913 You are aware that the entire police force quit right? How does this work exactly? "They won't do a vote of no confidence!" ON WHOM? Private citizens?!

You insect brained zombies see things in a total incoherent way with really. How is policeman quitting their jobs trying to force their wills against the voters? They literally don't even have judicial power anymore, the good cops of Portland quit too because they realized they were doing an unthankful job. They know the blue print by now, they elect a Soros woke mayor and he immediately tie their hands, they can't exercise the law and all they do is put their lives in danger against drug dealers and psychos that go through a revolting door in courts. Go ahead, call them Nazis too now that they probably don't even live in that area. You people are straight up rtarded with Capitol R

Hope that situation gets better

And I'm sure they'll all be the first to quit and get sympathy comments from bootlickers when a new mayor gets elected

If a criminal attacks or robs you and you survive, you only have to deal with the harm they did in their attack. Also you can use force to stop them However, If a cop attacks or robs you and you survive, they will keep going after you -try to send you to prison, ruin your life and there is nothing you can do about it. God help you if you so much as lift a finger on them while they are trying to kill or beat you.

@@mainely8007 that’s exactly what my town is dealing with. The cops are the criminals and the criminals basically do whatever they want.

Can’t he fire them and hire these cops that quit

Same here - we use the state police once in the last 10 years and that was a very odd situation.

Hardly anybody is armed in my little crime-free town and we haven't had a police force EVER, soooooo....

@@kenbob1071 Don't worry; the Marxist liberal wave will take care of that. _"Crime, coming to your neighborhood soon!"_

@@kenbob1071 how do you know if your neighbors are armed or not? Almost every home has at least one firearm.

​@kenbob1071 Don't be naive.. the responsible gun owners doesn't flaunt their gun ownership.. you'd never even know unless they wanted you too.

Too bad we're not a democracy

@@testingmysoup5678 Yeah you are but to be clear it's representative democracy. You elect people who vote on the issues for you. Democracy by proxy. True democracy is prohibitive to the relaxed lifestyle everyone currently lives, as EVERYONE would have reading/writing homework for four or five hours every week, and then the voting process and counting the votes, etc, simply to decide where garbage goes, how much money to give the festival, who operates the town water treatment facility, who has the road maintenance contract, etc, etc, ad nauseum. Then, of course, you would all need to decide what to do about the people who choose NOT to educate themselves and vote on the issues every few days. In essence, it would eventually boil down to exactly what you have now. That's pretty much how the "republic" that was the US became the representative democracy it is today.

@@snarzetax not really a representative democracy when there so much legal corruption, corporations have a vote people don't really. People may get a vote but votes don't determine politicial decisions

@@testingmysoup5678 Yeah, there was a bill called "citizens united" (I think) which gave the corporations the political rights of a person and ensured the corruption of your government. Nothing has been good since.

Pretty sure we're actually a Constitutional Republic. Based on what I know.

lol every town has a corrupt police department that loves abusing its power.

@Nomen Clature It's also not hard to believe when it's a town of 1,200 people with 9 cops....why?

​@Nomen Clature it's the case in many small towns. You ever lived in a town of only a thousand people with almost a dozen cops?

It would help if they provided any sides whatsoever. Half that story was flat out missing.

So let me get this straight, the story is the entire police department quit because someone got elected for mayor. Lame news !!!

This felt like an advertisement to cartel dealers.

@@michaelpalmer584 its a very small town - and probably could get by with state and county officers - you heard the salty ex-Mayor... they didn't even have 24 hour coverage anyway. Lets be clear that small towns have police departments to enforce code more than anything else. They probably run a lot of traffic on the side to help pay for new cars. New mayor likely ran on a platform of reducing taxes -- which means reducing the force anyway. They don't NEED a police department and don't have a "full time" agency anyway.

@@redwolfexr A democrat leaning town in a democrat leaning state of course he ran on police defunding. I guess none of them need police, they can all just call a social worker, right? You get what you vote for, only got themselves to blame.

I'm not sure that promoting that to the entire world is a good idea 😅. Apparently there are gangs and drug dealers roaming around like vikings ready to take over. Hahahah

Exactly. I live in Seligman AZ and zero crime and no cops. The sheriff will respond from Prescott if an emergency. Everyone in our town carries so we police our own town of 1000.

@@MekareP Arizona is a Constitutional Carry state and here, in southern Arizona we are in a drug smuggling corridor. Things get handled and people keep their mouth shut.

Well yeah it doesn’t matter as much if you live in the middle of nowhere

@@jmill5995 Southern Arizona is smuggler country. You'd be surprised at how much activity there is, and how often it is settled without the police ever knowing about it.

Two hundred people ? Nine police ? Wow that sounds like a totalitarian paradise where I'm at its one constable per thousand people

bingo !

@@kyleklukas4808 : Two hundred people who voted, the population of Goodman is 1,214.

It's always been a speed trap. A small town like that with nine (9) officers indicates they still are a speed trap.

@@muffs55mercury61 Do the speed limit and you won't care if it's a speed trap.

I didn't get that vibe to be honest. I would of very much liked more context though, such as what the mayor said for them to justify to themselves this is the right course of action.

boys club no doubt

Small town, what do you expect, an army?

Technically 100%. Can't report crimes if there's nobody to report them to.

True. Although I have a feeling these snowflake cops are going to start committing crimes so they can then say, "See!!! We told you crime would increase if you got rid of us!"

@clot shots or your mom’s house incel

well to define it correctly ZERO crime becuase the robbers never tell anybody, and the major is on the take! This did happen in NO Las Vegas,Nev. After the new mayor was appointed the police put up a BILLBOARD telling all residents there is no police force as of today thank the new major for admitting he would dissolve our force.

To these dirty cops, not bowing down and kissing their boots is considered a 'crime' - contempt of cop

NYPD as well

That would be good riddance to bad rubbish - CPD & NYPD are both as corrupt as they get.

Ya because a repbulican has done so well there hey?

​@@jiml9856 those are both democratic states

LOL youll soon find out that your police are the thugs boss

arrested for quitting a job? lol

1:12

He's a fool making white people look stupid.

What state is this located in GG Allin?

So you’re just completely guessing? Lol

Police are employees. Employees have the right to resign a job, and they decided to do so. Time will tell if they made the correct decision for themselves and their families.

No doubt you plan to move there now? 🤣

@@cannongavinjr7166 Goodwin, Missouri

No joke. Few months ago. I heard of a plan. That police will be replaced w social workers me tal health workers etc. Isn't that crazy

No tyrant POS needed or wanted. FTP.

​@@cmaggie5748 not really, but here in America if we can't kill someone instead of talking them down then what's the point.

Yea, they've been saying this for how long now? Where's the action?

@@lilpenguin092 - Particularly when you have incidents like the one where a mental health worker WAS literally right next to a man in crisis, talking him down, when and trigger happy POS swine shot the counselor! The police are useless when you need them the most and destructive when not needed at all. Screw them.

Really?

listen to the reporter ???

​@@marieabineau the reports are super vague, all you get is they don't like the incoming mayor because he threatened them. There is no actual information. Even after trying to find out, all I could find was poor pay and the same vague mention of threats. Instead of telling OP to listen to the reporter, how about you ask yourself why you were satisfied with the lack of details provided.

@@marieabineau As vague as your empty head.

@@GreedRunsall I agree it was vague. the only reason I am reading comments which are not being helpful.

They reached out to him, and he didn't get back with them.

Did you watch the video ????

Wait ..that would be journalism, to actually speak to the mayor or the officers. Better to go on speculation of others.

@@billdouglas6561 yes, and this is exactly what I’m talking about. Reporting is not about ASKING for a statement. It’s about going and getting a statement wether he wants to state something or not. Otherwise these news orgs are just reading from a script. It’s lazy and useless.

0:23 - the mayor elect threatened the department.....apparently.

I was thinking the same thing lol. Hi from the UK

I remember transferring from my home towns main public school system that was a little rough, very diverse, and not every well funded, to the still public but well todo school in junior high. They had an elective class that did the announcements as news and the kids ran it all with one teacher supervising it. The kids had about 10000% more charisma and personality on camera than this crew, and even in 2002, somehow had comparable camera work. My 66 year old mother makes a better PowerPoint transition than their entire graphic department, and she just takes photos of dogs and nature for fun in retirement.

in most small cities thats a good thing. But not in a city

@@ravinraven6913 indeed, left the city almost 2yrs ago. good riddance

Yes

If there is a sudden bump in crime I'd look at these former cops first - sound like a bunch of jilted lovers with a big self pity party, whimpering out the "you'll be sorry when I'm gone" song.

When I lived in NW Arkansas, Goodman was known more for being a speed trap. When the interstate bypassed it about 18 years ago that took a lot away from the $$$ coffers.

Thank goodness no.

Think the hub is Pineville.

Stop the video at 0:21. That should give you a good idea of why they wouldn't want to work for him. Bunch should be happy. According to that time stamp, he was planning on getting rid of the force anyway.

Cops- "We're the Police! We're goddam Heroes! How dare these lousy voters choose a mayor we don't like..."

@@adriangeh6414 'How dare these voters elect someone who promises to dismantle the police department'.

@@kevincaruthers5412 lol. Nobody 'dismantled' the pd, nobody even forced them to resign. These dirty cops resigned on their own like a bunch of spoiled entitled brats who didn't get their way.

@@kevincaruthers5412 If the police department needs dismantling for reasons that you're unaware of but the voters are, then, yes, dismantling the police department is the correct course of action. Police who don't respect the citizenry and their wishes are a big problem. Just like governments, police who put themselves ahead of the people they serve are corrupt.

Mayor Bunch is a control freak, IMHO.

Not corrupt enough apparently

Well he's a democrat so...

You have just figured out NY and Portland's DA works, no crime if no convictions

​@@saintsinningsword no crime if people don't fear defending themselves

@@saintsinningsword THIS. It must not be criminal activity since they keep putting them on the streets!

I lived in a village in up state NY. It had 2 police officers. We had 600 full time residents and another 300 part time. They didn't work day shift. They just worked at night when the sheriff department had less people. They were cool and not revenue collectors. Barely ever wrote tickets.

@@deusvult6920 this makes sense. Too many departments are bloated and every year they come back saying "more, more, more"

Well a quick google search for the town's budget shows court fines totaling $14,030, and court expenses totaling $15,340. So this theory doesn't hold much water.

Never work again??

Yep. They did. Do you have any thoughts on why they chose this route?

Those ex police soind like selfish, whiny, entitled brats. They are clearly weak & didnt really take their oath very seriously in the first place. Oh ill just give up bc i didn't get my way... cool.

It might have been the very reason people voted for a new mayor. The challenging Mayor may have used it as a campaign promise. I saw no interview with unhappy citizens.

it's because: When humans are content and happy for to long, they become lazy and easy to manipulate. This even happens on a presidential level... If the going is perfect, people won't show up to vote. They believe sense everything is good how can there be enough people, not voting to continue this bliss. During this bliss they don't understand they have a enemy called the other party. Even though the other party is also making money and is in bliss, they hate it. They hate it because, the happy and bliss is coming from their enemy. Their vote will put them in a world of chit, but they also know you will live it with them and this makes them happy. Humans define their existence and use the most of their brain when suffering or hardship is on them. when nothing is challenging the human brain it becomes lazy and easily offended on anything because it's bored. Sense the opposing party is use to living in squalor\crime\drugs\hatred\, making you have a taste of it is their goal. Understand: these same people believe food magically shows up in their store to feed them. They throw child tantrums and riot or loot. Or maybe the other side cheated, I've been seeing to many people in graveyards writing down names lately lol "wink"

Yes they did and it appears they are happy with it. I say good for them!

Be the best thing in the world .They need get rit of rasest bunch anyway.

@@david4096, what is "rit" and "rasest"?

If this was to happen in Chicago nothing will change it's still a bunch of animals

@@david4096 if they did quit the gangs would kill everyone and hopefully each other 😂😂

Cops in Chicago get paid 6 figures and get to abuse their power. No way they're leaving.

Chicago is overrun with criminals, so really no point in having police. Let it burn

Agreed. When criminals attack an innocent person they can defend themselves legally. When cops attack an innocent person they will die if they try to defend themelves. If you survive they will lie and try to throw you in prison for felony assault and essentially ruin your life.

Absolutely right! Cops can be worse than the criminals! We have the same problem in Londons Metropolitan police. 2 recently convicted of murder, sex offence’s against women and children etc., racism the list goes on ! The new chef Constable is clearing the swamp as I write!👍🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

It's almost like cops are comprised of normal people with flaws.. maybe the over saturation of superhero movies has given people wrong ideas about human nature..

We're not perfect. Nobody is, even the mighty have to fall.

And just like regular crime stats it doesn't mean all or most cops are bad.

It’s Missouri, they’re undoubtedly little tyrant bitches who knew they were actually going to face accountability, so they ran like the cowards they are - just like Uvalde.

Based and Franklin pilled.

so let corrupt cops be whiny little bitches and have hissy fits if they arent allowed to be criminals. got it.

It would just take about 1 out of 5 to quit and Chicago would be uncontrollable and the rest just won't show up after the chaos starts. They're already short staffed and over worked and would be even more so.

Imagine..lol..its called chiraq now, no police force..wow

It's not selfish power. He was voted in. The display of selfish power came from the losing mayor and the selfish cops. There was clearly some inside baseball that got voted against. This is the fallout.

If I’m a citizen of Goodman I’m cheering. A town barely over a thousand people don’t need a large police force. That’s just 9 rotten apples volunteering to leave. If they care about actually helping the community they wouldn’t quit, this is a power grab. And power hungry police are the rotten apples that have spoiled the force in general

That’s what narcissistic personalities do. Every company that has any would do best to fire them immediately. They enjoy causing trouble while indulging insatiable desire for control.

So they didn't like someone at work and ran away.

The uneducated voter..

I know right. That was not a story.

They opened the story with the statement from the Police department... Their "side" was literally, sticks and stone may break our bones, but words REALLY HURT US!!!

@Kevin L "i don't want to hear the other side" alway's means " i just want to hear my side"

"But we've not heard back" - there's your other side

Yes, the citizens elected the mayor so maybe it’s the cops that were the problem.

A lot of assumptions there...

@@JH-ex6mb yes there are. I guess we will never know.

Very obvious. Need to start reaching out to whistle blower cops like Florida does with dirty cops

@@JH-ex6mb - But most likely accurate ones.

@ianrash4944 "One time I was driving through Goodman, Montana ..." What does your story have to do with the police in Goodman, Missouri?

Amen Brother

There's not enough information in this story to know if the mayor is a good one looking to clean up a corrupted PD or a bad one who good people who happen to make up the PD aren't willing to work for.

Perhaps they made the better choice and needed better cops.

​@@garyrolen8764 good ones would continue protecting the people they say they serve, regardless. These aren't good cops. Stay boosted!

In most places, citizens do NOT like the police.

Considering that the police's response to the election not going their way was to "take their ball and go home" like a spoiled child throwing a tantrum, I would imagine the residents of this town are probably happy they've been saved the trouble.

You know they'll be encouraging their contacts in the criminal world to start moving on the town, while acting like wronged 'heroes' who 'only want what's best for the publc'

Considering it's a town of 1,200, they might have difficulty stirring up trouble. Heck, my high school was twice that size.

In a town this tiny It shouldn't be a big deal to hire three new officers to replace the force.

The issue that the town will have is that a city police department has to pay attention to what the residents want. A county department doesn't.

@@colincampbell767 you mean like when city police handcuff and taze an innocent resident for 'officer safety', then asks the resident if he/she requires medical attention?

Sounds like the new mayor needed better cops anyhow. Now he can build a new department from the ground up. If the whole department quit enmass because they didn't like the will of those they serve, I dare say this department did so for political reasons & I will bet yall my last $ they are a bunch of Trumper types. I could be wrong, but if the town elected this man, there was probably a good reason. So if any of them were to reapply, i would decline & hire officers who can serve the public without prejudice, or have an attitude about the political party of their mayor. We had a similar issue in a small town close to where I live just a few years ago. They had to start over with better quality people on their police department as well

The best part is the town doesn't have to pay matching unemployment insurance since they quit.

@@mainely8007 - Let's watch crime go up. The State Police can't stay in town, and crime had dropped previously, but now that there won't be regular Police in town, the criminals have carte blanche. I hope the residents are armed.

​@1001Hobbies I live in a small town with a population of 4k. Our police department was disbanded over a decade ago. Since then, crime hasn't changed, and the state police have had no issue covering our township. We're also no longer a notorious speed trap.

The Former Logically is True!

Im thinking that the cops were dirty and harassed people regularly.

Never underestimate voter ignorance.

@@Nomadcreations There's no logic in your answer.

I'd rather deal with a criminal than a cop. If a criminal attacks me, I can defend myself - he might make off with some of my property but then it's over. If a cop attacks you (mistaken identity, corruption or just random brutality because they dont' like my skin color) you can do NOTHING about it or else they will use force on you, possibly kill you and then, if you survive, they will ruin your life - possibly send you to prison.

The police are not your friends

100% immunity and my pick of my boss or I walk!

Tyrant sociopaths are quitting on their own? That IS good news!

Exactly

I pray it doesn't happen

If this happens in Chicago & even in Goodman... this is not a sign of the town, its a showing of how bratty & weak these cops really are. Poor babies didnt get their way so they just gonna quit.

Do you live in Chicago or anywhere even near it?