GA Police Agency Fires Chief, Suspends Rest of Department

It's a little shocking when you hear that the entire police department of a town has closed for business.  The first thing to know is that other agencies have taken over policing the community, in this case the county and state police.  So it's not The Purge over there, like it was in Long Beach for two months after George Floyd was murdered.

According to the above report, Warm Springs' chief was fired and 11 officers suspended.  A former officer filed a wrongful termination lawsuit.  The next day after being served with his suit, the entire department was shut down.  YIKES!

I don't know anything about Warm Springs.  From Niche.com:

"Warm Springs is a town in Georgia with a population of 543."

Hold.  543 people, A+ crime rating, and they need a dozen police officers?  For what?  Right off the rip, I see a problem.  I suspect that the county and state police will be able to hold down the fort until they hire another one or two police to manage the situation very well.  That's a town full of renters, not homeowners.  They can't afford that bloated budget.

I worked as a paramedic in Fayetteville, North Carolina, which has a population of 208,873 and 13 paramedic units, for comparison.  Granted that's nowhere near enough.  But still.

I'm about to write about the plague that is America's mayors.  The lady mayors are currently putting the man mayors to shame, making up for lost time I guess.  But Warm Springs is basically looking like a crooked little fiefdom that FAFO'd by firing the wrong guy.   They immediately shriveled into dust as soon as they got Sean Thompson's lawsuit, like a vampire that got hit with sunlight.

"I had a personal issue with one of the command staff.  I voiced my concerns.  I feel like I was totally ignored and wrongfully terminated," Thompson said.

This sounds to me like something that happens only every single day, to police officers, firefighters, and paramedics all over America who don't go along and get along.  I believe a similar thing recently happened to a California firefighter who allegedly got attacked by a coworker. 

Time will tell the story of Warm Springs.  Something about having to disband the entire department as soon as you get served with a lawsuit, though...