US: Colorado town's entire police department resigns

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Colorado town's entire police department resigns
By Tony Marco and Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN

(CNN)We've heard a lot the past few months about police leaders in major cities stepping down, but one Colorado town took things a step further -- the entire department resigned.

The police department in Green Mountain Falls, Colorado, only had four employees, according to CNN affiliates: a marshal and three deputies. They haven't spoken out publicly about what made them leave their positions in the small city of about 700 full-time residents.

"The town's talking," CNN affiliate KOAA reported, "but the few who know why the marshal suddenly left, so far, are not speaking up."

Full story: http://edition.cnn.com/2016/04/24/us/colorado-police-department-resigns/index.html

-- CNN 2016-04-26

[Pimay1]

I sounds like the marshal and mayor Jane might have had a conflict.

[Ulic]

Well, four jobs are now open in the police department in Green Mountain Falls. Send in your applications.

[MisterTee]

If the inhabitants of Green Mountain Falls are law abiding, then the marshal and his three deputies won't be missed.

Grass is legal now, isn't it?

[IAMHERE]

4 cops in a town of 700? That is too many, must be a dangerous place.

[Andaman Al]

Time for a bank job or 3.

[Grouse]

Where's Jack Reacher????

[DaddyWarbucks]

Time for a bank job or 3.

No banks in town.

The locals do their banking in Crystola.

[Guitar God]

My guess is that the city was going to start requiring drug tests and the entire department quit because they felt it was unconstitutional.

[Somtamnication]

When a sheriff or marshal quits, the volunteer cops (4 in this case), cannot legally work. They had no choice but to resign.

[GOLDBUGGY]

4 cops in a town of 700? That is too many, must be a dangerous place.

I was also thinking 4 cops in a town of 700, but more like what an easy job that would be. I mean it is not like you are going to have a rape and murder once a week, is it? The most you might get is a drunken brawl on a Saturday Night in some bar. But then Bartenders there keep a baseball bat under the bar and usually handle there own affairs without help.