A northwest Georgia town moved to reinstate its entire police department after the mayor abruptly dissolved the agency and terminated all of its officers following complaints connected to his wife, according to a FOX 5 Atlanta report by Denise Dillon.
Dillon reported from Cohutta, a small town in Whitfield County near the Tennessee line, where residents packed an emergency meeting after Mayor Ron Shinnick fired the town’s police force earlier in the week.
The meeting was called to discuss whether the officers should be reinstated and whether the city council should ask the mayor to resign. By the end of the night, Dillon reported, the officers had their jobs back, while Shinnick remained mayor, at least for now.
A Small Town Police Department Is Suddenly Dissolved
According to Dillon, police officers in Cohutta showed up for work Wednesday and found a note saying the department had been dissolved and all personnel had been terminated…