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mwmisses4289

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4. Sounds like the police department was the problem.

Reply to JT45242 (Reply #3)

Sun Mar 8, 2026, 09:10 AM

Mar 8

Possible misappropriation funds, abuse of overtime, possible embezzlement? Sounds like the mayor and city council found where all the money was being siphoned off from.
Small town cop department- wonder if any of the cops are also local drug dealers?

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Point lays off entire police department amid $500K debt crisis [View all] TexasTowelie Mar 8 OP

Taxes are the price we pay The Wizard Mar 8 #1

Plus city officials are elected. multigraincracker Mar 8 #2

1000 people is barely a town...why would it need multiple people police force JT45242 Mar 8 #3

Sounds like the police department was the problem. mwmisses4289 Mar 8 #4

I grew up in a village of approx 400 people in the midwest - TBF Mar 8 #6

Well, when you have a town of 2,000 and 1,400 officers, enough is enough. Wonder Why Mar 8 #5