Entire Police Force In Small Town Quits

The entire police force of a small town in Tennessee allegedly quit due to the new mayor “micromanaging” the department.

According to NewsChannel5, all three police officers in Alexandria, Tennessee, quit in roughly a one-week span.

“To just up and leave like I did, it bothers me. But it is just what I felt was in the best interest for myself, and I had to do that,” Alexandria Police Chief Travis Bryant said.

Bryant said new Mayor Beth Tripp was “micromanaging” his department despite having no policing experience.

The town’s other two police officers followed his lead.

Entire police force of Tennessee town quits after being “micromanaged” by female mayor: reporthttps://t.co/CkuWFPvfxM

— The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) August 30, 2024

NewsChannel5 reports:

Bryant resigned Friday, August 16 along with another officer. Then, the last officer standing resigned this past weekend.

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Now, with none, the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department stationed 25 minutes away is tasked with responding to calls.

“I come down here and let them know I’ve talked to the Sheriff’s Department. He’s still going to continue answering calls. I’ve talked to constables in this area, especially the ones for Alexandria, and the Liberty area. They all know what’s going on. If needed, they can help answer calls as well,” Bryant said.

During our candid conversation, the former police chief told me he couldn’t work with Alexandria’s new administration elected on August 1.

“This is my third mayor. The previous two I had no problems with. I could sit down and talk to them. When the new mayor came in, she tried to reassign our duties to the sheriff’s department and then it was becoming a micromanaging issue where she wanted to try to control the police department and she has no experience,” Bryant said.

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— Daily Mail Online (@MailOnline) August 29, 2024

The small town is also dealing with water quality problems.

Per Daily Mail:

In a response interview with the outlet, Tripp said she was left with a mess caused by previous elected officials in the town and denied ‘micromanaging’ the police force.

‘I don’t understand that,’ she said. ‘Because I was asking them to do their jobs, so if I was asking them to do their job, does that sound like I’m going to give it over to county?’

Tripp said her early days in office have been consumed by trying to find more police officers, and insists she is ‘working on every solution.’

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The mayor was elected as the only candidate on the ballot, although two others mounted write-in campaigns, and she won with just 88 votes in the small town of roughly 900 people.

Tripp said that her brief time in office has so far been an ordeal, as she says she inherited several issues that she is working to address.

‘Every day is something new and something different, but I’m working my hardest to get them all fixed,’ she told NewsChannel5.

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