“My point is, they do not need their own force, just contract with the county. Get a deputy to live there.”
Exactly. In Virginia, towns and non-independent cities are creatures of the county in which they exist, in this case Wise County. The Wise County sheriff’s department is the logical, and I would assume, legal successor for documents, etc. associated with the former Pound police department.
This appears to be a budget issue, not a pro-BLM statement by Pound, and it is a common one in small rural towns.
“This appears to be a budget issue, not a pro-BLM statement by Pound, and it is a common one in small rural towns.”
I picked up on that right away. I think the story was written to create the impression the police force was being disbanded in a manner much of our leftist cities are doing.
The people I know in Wise County are about as red as red can be, politically speaking. I married a girl from Clintwood, her dad was a miner and solid democrat. He told all of his kids to vote democrat. None of them do, they are all Trumpsters.