An entire police department in Minnesota has quit over a $22-an-hour pay… Learn More!
Which mean the small Minnesotan town may soon be without any local law enforcement after its entire police force handed in their resignation in protest of low wages.
Goodhue Police Chief Josh Smith submitted his resignation last week at a city council meeting in Goodhue, Minnesota, citing the city’s $22 an hour pay for officers… Continue Reading
Genuinely curious. Why does a tiny town even have a police department? Why doesn’t the sheriff handle it with the neighboring towns?
Honestly, beats me. I shouldn’t say I live in goodhue specifically either, I live in goodhue county. Zumbrota specifically, we also have our own PD too. Not sure the rational behind it. Goodhue has a population of like 1800 and zumbrota a population of like 3000. Maybe that’s big enough to warrant a PD, but I wouldn’t think so.
City politics aren’t really my thing, but, now that I’ve lived in this small town for a couple years, it’s becoming more crucial. So, maybe I’d have a better answer if I’ve lived here longer.
Like I said, I was mostly just curious. I’m in San Diego county. Typically here, you have sheriff everywhere except cities with large enough populations or high enough crime rates to justify an actual police department. IMO all the cities that are sheriff are FAR better than any that have PD to be in/live in.
Here in LA the sheriff’s deputies are gangsters
It’s location dependent, but LAPD isn’t any better. At least here in SD, the sheriffs that I’ve dealt with have all seemed to want to be good people, and tried to help.