A Tennessee town has lost its entire police force after every officer quit in protest of the new female mayor’s alleged excessive “micromanaging.” The now-former police chief told WTVF that he had no choice but to leave the department after Alexandria Mayor Beth Tripp attempted to control the officers’ every move, despite having “no experience” in policing.
“To just up and leave like I did, it bothers me,” said ex-police chief Travis Bryant, who resigned on Aug. 16. along with another officer. “But it is just what I felt was in the best interest for myself, and I had to do that.”
Alexandria, a small town with a limited budget, can only afford three police officers. After Bryant and another officer decided to walk out, the remaining officer quit this past weekend, leaving the department with no one to respond to calls. Mayor Tripp had assumed her position earlier this month after she ran unopposed. She received just 88 votes out of the town’s roughly 900 residents, per Census Bureau data.
“This is my third mayor,” said Bryant, as per the outlet. “The previous two I had no problems with. I could sit down and talk to them. When the new mayor came in, she tried to reassign our duties to the sheriff’s department and then it was becoming a micromanaging issue where she wanted to try to control the police department and she has no experience.” […]
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