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Entire Police Force of SC Town resigns.
The entire small police force of North, South Carolina, including police chief Mark Fallaw, has resigned, prompted by the city's new mayor issuing a gag order for the department.Fallaw, along with fellow officer Anthony Blanchard, submitted his resignation on November 17, giving two weeks notice. Fallaw, who served on the force for 14 years, asserted that Mayor Patty Carson told the department all requests from media would have to be handled by her; she wanted to monitor the department's incoming and outgoing emails, and she demanded that members of the department give her two weeks notice before they made any public appearances. He also claimed she wanted him to write three times as many tickets and would only permit him to buy gas or tires with her approval. And you should have seen the form we had to fill out to take a piss! Three pages - in triplicate! Fallaw told WLTX 19, "For her to be directing procedures that were contrary to national standards, that was going to cause a problem. So I just said it was best for me probably to step down." One officer left just before Carson's election, and another regular officer and a reserve officer followed Fallaw when he left. Two other officers resigned earlier in 2015, finding jobs at other agencies. The county's law enforcement has had to step up and substitute for the police; When contacted by WLTX 19, Carson refused to comment, arguing that personnel issues should not be discussed publicly. He noted that replacing the officers may be difficult, because similar jobs in other towns offer more pay. Not to mention not having a micromanaging mayor... Posted by: CrazyFool 2015-12-04 |
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