After Chief Slams Truck Tracker, Entire Police Force Resigns

Residents of the tiny Georgia town of Milner woke up on Tuesday to learn that their entire police force—and the city administrator—had called it quits. The walkout by the town's five full-time officers and city administrator Tausha Grose followed a tense Monday night City Council meeting, where Grose read her resignation letter blaming Mayor Craig Timmons' conduct and "lack of respect" for her role, per WXIA. At the center of the dispute: an electronic tracker that police Chief Lamar Bunn says he found on his unmarked police truck.

Bunn insists that he'd stepped down on his own and hadn't pressured his colleagues to do the same, per Atlanta News First. "It's not like I said, 'Hey guys, let's quit,'" he noted at Monday's meeting. "So, I don't know what needs to happen from here." Timmons, for his part, said the resignations were unexpected, and he demurred on admitting to the tracking device, per the Herald-Gazette.

"There are things that can't be said. I would love to tell you but I can't," he said at the gathering. A councilman said questions had been raised about how city vehicles were used, while a former council member called the tracker the last straw for officers, per WXIA. Some residents say they're fine with the Lamar County sheriff taking over, arguing that local police mostly just wrote tickets. The police resignations go into effect after Wednesday, while Grose is sticking it out till Oct. 30.