The Entire Police Force of a Massachusetts Town Resigned Over Safety Concerns

The Entire Police Force of a Massachusetts Town Resigned Over Safety Concerns

The Entire Police Force of a Massachusetts Town Resigned Over Safety Concerns

All 4 officers of the Blandford Police Department walked out

An total police division in Massachusetts resigned en masse Tuesday after complaints about unsafe circumstances reportedly went unanswered.

The resignation of all 4 officers in Blandford, with a inhabitants of about 1,200, left the city with none remaining on the power. A press release on the division’s Facebook web page advised residents to proceed calling 911 in case of emergency and to defer to state police for different companies. Six deputy sheriffs and marked cruisers have been assigned to the realm from a neighboring county, 22information reviews.

Interim Police Chief Roberta Sarnacki said she and different officers from the Blandford Police Department had been working with damaged cruisers, insufficient bulletproof vests, poor radio communications, inadequate staffing and improper wages, based on 22information.

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“Would you put your lives on the line in these conditions?” Sarnacki stated in a press launch. “I don’t think so.”

“For the past two months, Interim Chief Sarnacki has done a fine job with our police officers and our police department,” stated Blandford Selectboard Chair Cara Letendre in an announcement to 22Information. “It is unfortunate that she led this officer walk out as she would have been considered as one of our candidates for Acting Chief position as we pursue the future opportunities with our police force.”

The abrupt stroll out was triggered by a Monday assembly the place, based on Sarnacki, board members didn’t seem concerned about addressing the division’s issues, favoring dialogue a couple of forthcoming merger with a neighboring city’s police power.


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