Here's something interesting -
Speeders beware: Grant funds new police car for ParmaMonday, February 10, 2014
http://www.standard-democrat.com/story/2050083.html
PARMA - Two grants enabled a small New Madrid County community to update its aging police vehicle.
The city of Parma received an Economic Initiative Impact grant for $10,750 and paired it with a Missouri Local Law Enforcement grant for $7,482 to purchase and equip a 2012 Dodge Charger.
While the Dodge Charger isn't new - it was previously used by the Missouri Highway Patrol until the odometer reached approximately 50,000 miles - it is a big improvement on the city's former car, said Parma Mayor Randall Ramsey. The Charger replaced a 2006 Ford Crown Victoria which had traveled some 175,000 miles.
Their "aging police vehicle" - in the singular, as in ONE patrol car? For 6 cops?? No secondary patrol unit in case the main one goes down?
Sounds like ghost officers to me. I don't know what the law is in Missouri concerning cops moonlighting as armed security in their off hours, but in Texas the criteria you have to meet is to be registered with TCLEOSE as a paid full time officer working a set minimum hours per week and you cannot be the contractor yourself. That's something like $20-$30 bucks an hour depending on the venue they are providing security for, which is so lucrative that it's an ongoing problem of officers conspiring to send pencil whipped paperwork in to TCLEOSE listing part time unpaid reserves who never show up for any work as full time paid officers. They've caught cops doing that and sent them to jail. Am wondering if this is what was going on in Parma.
Looks like there was a woman Chief named Cohen, an Assistant Chief named Medley and four reserves. Don’t know if those four were paid or not.
The city clerk, city attorney and the water/sewer head have also resigned.
The old mayor was 78 and had stints of 12 years and later 24 years in that office.
Most curiously the crAP and most other news outlets accidentally forgot to mention any party affiliations. Fancy that.