Current Events > Police chief unexpectedly resigns along with every single one of his officers.

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A Missouri police chief and all of his officers tendered their resignations, citing reasons from the pay rate to not having the proper tools to do the job, leaving local leaders scrambling to fill the positions as many departments already struggle to stay staffed during the anti-police climate that swept the nation.

"It will be a struggle to fill the police department back up with qualified officers, but hopefully they can start working on that soon and get that accomplished," Stone County Sheriff Doug Rader said of the resignations at the Kimberling City Police Department, noting that most police stations are understaffed.

Rader's comment comes after Kimberling City Police Chief Craig Alexander put in his notice on Aug. 23 after accepting another position, and told the towns mayor that he wanted a change and to better himself.

But Alexander wasnt alone, and was soon joined by three officers and a sergeant.

The reasons for the resignations include there not being a police clerk to assist the department, not having qualified officers in the department, the pay rate, and new opportunities, KY3 reported.

The mayor said the resignations were "unexpected and the short notice disappointing. Were looking for officers, were looking for a new police chief and I think well be fine," Fritz added.

In the meantime, the Stone County Sheriffs office will handle emergency calls until the department is staffed.

"Until then we will be answering all the calls in Kimberling City, we cant enforce city ordinances, but any other calls we will be handling at this time," Sheriff Rader said.

The resignations come as small town police departments across the country struggle to stay staffed as crimes increase and following more than a year of politicians and activists calling for departments to be defunded.

A recent survey found there has been a 45% increase in the retirement rate and a nearly 20% increase in resignations from officers in 2020-2021 compared to the previous year, according to the Police Executive Research Forum.

Larger cities police departments have also struggled with staffing amid the anti-police sentiment and their local leaders supporting the defund the police movement last summer. But liberal leaders, like in Seattle, have recently reversed course and called for departments to be beefed up.

"As a city, we cannot continue on this current trajectory of losing police officers," Mayor Jenny Durkan said during a press conference in July. "Over the past 17 months, the Seattle Police Department has lost 250 police officers, which is the equivalent of over 300,000 service hours. Were on path to losing 300 police officers."

Full Article: https://www.foxnews.com/us/missouri-city-police-chief-officers-resign



All leaving at the same time with short notice is a dick move


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Guess the city will get to find out what it is to be a cop free utopia.

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"Not having qualified officers in the department".

so they weren't training their people properly? lol

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Flauros posted...

Guess the city will get to find out what it is to be a cop free utopia.

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Defund the police was the wrong message.

Reform the police was what the narrative should have been. Better training/education is what is needed. Higher pay would come with that.


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Flauros posted...

Guess the city will get to find out what it is to be a cop free utopia.

Flauros posted...

Guess the city will get to find out what it is to be a cop free utopia.

Well no another sherrif will pull double duty for a while and then they hire more low skilled people who just want a job

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Flauros posted...

Guess the city will get to find out what it is to be a cop free utopia.

"ACAB! wahhhhh where the cops T_T"

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ModLogic posted...

"ACAB! wahhhhh where the cops T_T"

"My heckin house!"

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I wouldnt wanna work as a cop either, people would hate you even if youre just trying to do the job the best youre capable off

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UnfairRepresent posted...

All leaving at the same time with short notice is a dick move

I'm the first one to say 4 letters that can get you modded, but they don't owe anyone their labor. If they all want to quit at the same time it is what it is. If they feel the pay or working conditions aren't suitable they have every right to leave and look elsewhere.

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David1988 posted...

I wouldnt wanna work as a cop either, people would hate you even if youre just trying to do the job the best youre capable off

Take it you never worked retail

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Thats a good point, retail workers get the same level of hate and vitriol as cops

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Who cares? Bet half of them woulda been fired for being unvaxxed anyway.

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justaguy3492 posted...

I'm the first one to say 4 letters that can get you modded, but they don't owe anyone their labor. If they all want to quit at the same time it is what it is. If they feel the pay or working conditions aren't suitable they have every right to leave and look elsewhere.

In a legal sense yeah, they absolutely have that right. no one said otherwise

But it's a dick move. You're knowingly fucking over the people you claimed to care about for years and possibly putting them in danger to pull out quick rather than giving time to get replacements in.

Cops are not really comparable to like an IT Call Center employee. IF all the cops leave at once unexpectedly, it causes harm and they know that. They threw their brothers in blue and civilians under the bus

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They probably just figured the calls for police being defunded meant their jobs werent important so quitting whenever they pleased wouldnt be much of an issue, they reasoned wrong though

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This is the Ozark police dept.

Total of Five cops quit.

Ozarks has a population of 20,000 and is a small summer tourist vacation spot

They wrote DWIs and speeding tickets.

Oh no. Don't.

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#Defund

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https://www.themarshallproject.org/2021/09/01/police-say-demoralized-officers-are-quitting-in-droves-labor-data-says-no

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