Posted on 04/23/2025 12:36:43 PM PDT by simpson96
An entire Ohio police department, including the chief, resigned Tuesday over a lack of support and clashes with village officials.
"As a department, we have decided that enough is enough," said Sgt. Renatta Griffith, one of the members of the Craig Beach Police Department who stepped down during a Village Council meeting, according to WFMJ-TV. "We're tired of being disrespected and micromanaged. … Our resignations are exactly what the council was trying to accomplish."
Griffith and four other officers spoke at the podium during Tuesday's meetings and turned in their badges. After that, officials requested that they left the building.
"We can not legally get rid of the police department, but what we did want them to do is their job," Council Member Charlotte Ashe said.
The Mahoning County Sheriff's Office, which handles 60% of the village's calls, will provide service. Mayor James Becker said he doesn't expect the walkouts to effect village public safety.
But the resigning officers feel the village will be negatively impacted by their departure.
"We are losing a great group of police officers dedicated to the Craig Beach community," Sgt. Michael Hudson said. "We are the first on the scene when we're working on the beach compared to other departments. They are busy on their terms, and this is our turf. I feel bad for the residents."
Chief Kyle Pettus was not at the meeting. In December, he was briefly laid off after publishing social media posts critical comments of village officials.
I’d like to see a picture of the council.
They need new cars because they don’t use the other cars enough. Is that the way it works?
Future crooner Dean Martin would get his start at the Craig Beach dance hall performing with these orchestras. Craig Beach was incorporated as a village in 1931. The amusement park would close by 1966, although Craig Beach would rebound as a small resort town within Lake Milton State Park.
Chicago, Minneapolis, New York etc police should all resign.
now let the savages rip each other apart.
doesn’t expect the walkouts to effect village public safety.
That’s what I took away.
Not only that, but, because they don’t need them much and can’t afford new batteries, they want to buy high-mileage used cars.
“Either the mayor or the author needs to brush up on grammar.”
They must be Freepers.
Sounds like they could have just walked their beats. I think we aren’t getting “The Rest of the Story”.
Weird headline, “Entire Ohio Police Force Resigns...”
Truth is a foreign concept to the media I guess.
Sounds like a nice place if it weren’t for the cold...
Really?
Hire illegals.
Washington state just passed a law saying that non-citizens (USA) can be law enforcement.
“I think we aren’t getting “The Rest of the Story”.”
That’s my take, too. Dead batteries, old cars, wanting to buy high-mileage used cruisers.
Grok gave URLs for two nearby newspapers and I couldn’t find anything else in them, either.
That was the intent. Drive out the police and bring in cheaper private security.
So 5 people. Who collectively don’t even do half the village’s police work. Not that exciting.
Population 1,063. Shouldn’t even have a PD for such a small area, Sheriff’s department can provide coverages. Municipalities are already paying for county services,anyways.
One full-time officer, who could have been the prototype for Barnet Fife, a part-time Chief, and about 5 part-time officers. The FT's most significant duty was to drive behind school buses to make sure nobody drove badly while the school bus was operating. The rest of the force covered weekends and evenings.
Pretty much exactly what the town residents wanted. Very few tickets were written, so the PD was not considered a profit center for the municipal government.
LOL!
Thanks.
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