After a Georgia mayor was concerned about his police chief’s timesheets, he put a tracker on the officer’s car. When he admitted to the chief what he did, the entire full-time police force in Milner, Georgia, resigned.
In an interview with Atlanta’s WSB-TV 2, Milner Mayor Craig Timmons said, “The mayor’s position is not just shaking hands and kissing babies.”
Mr. Timmons said he placed a tracker on the car and a surveillance camera on a nearby car wash that faces City Hall, where the police chief’s office is located.
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Once the police force caught wind of the news on Wednesday, they resigned effective immediately.
The police chief in question, Lamar Bunn, says he did nothing wrong. He claims he was working remotely, with tasks that include sending emails, radio monitoring and more.
“My job doesn’t stop when I leave the office,” the ousted chief said.
One of the officers who left the force in solidarity said that the tracker was the final straw after recent restrictions on officers working off-duty factored into their decision.
The sheriff’s department is stepping in as a police proxy in the meantime, but Lamar County Sheriff Brad White says that if the police remain absent long-term, the city of Milner will have to contract police services with the sheriff’s office.
Mr. Timmons says he is already receiving resumes for the open police chief position.
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