Entire police department in Minnesota resigns - eviltoast
The Goodhue City Council held a meeting on Monday to discuss options for police coverage following the entire department's resignation.

The Goodhue Police Department resigned due to issues with the city’s pay, Mayor Ellen Anderson Buck said at a city council meeting Monday.

  • spongebue@lemmy.world
    76·
    1 year ago

    Source? Is this really a common enough thing, or just an edge case? How much overtime is required? What about the $20-something/hour mentioned in the article?

    • AA5B@lemmy.world
      3·
      1 year ago

      This is a problem in Massachusetts, because we require officers for every road construction project, instead of flaggers, but I also thought this was an exception

      • steltek@lemm.ee
        4·
        1 year ago

        The real problem in Massachusetts is that the Staties were getting paid OT for traffic details when they were actually asleep in bed.