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2/20/2025 7:20 am GMT

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Grand Jury Recommends Alabama Police Department Be 'immediately Abolished'

Grand jury recommends Alabama police department be 'immediately abolished'
Thu Feb 20, 2025
An Alabama grand jury has recommended that a city's police department be "immediately abolished," finding there is a "rampant culture of corruption," officials said Wednesday while announcing the indictment of five of the agency's officers, including its police chief.
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It's Alabama, y'all.
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Anonymous Coward
2/21/2025 2:17 pm GMT

RE: Grand Jury Recommends Alabama Police Department Be 'immediately Abolished'

A small Alabama city placed its entire police force on administrative leave a day after a grand jury recommended the department be disbanded, saying it has "operated as more of a criminal enterprise than a law enforcement agency."

Hanceville Mayor Jim Sawyer said Thursday in a statement that the Cullman County Sheriff's Department will temporarily take over law enforcement duties as city officials mull the next steps. "It is unfortunate that the actions of a few have tarnished our city's good name,'' Sawyer said in a previous statement.

Cullman County District Attorney Champ Crocker announced Wednesday that the grand jury had indicted the Hanceville police chief and four of his officers, who are accused of mishandling or removing materials from the department's evidence room.

In addition to Marlin, officers Cody Alan Kelso, Drew Shelnut, Jason Wilbanks, reserve officer Eric Michael Kelso, and his wife, Donna Kelso, were also charged, AL.com reported.

They have been charged with a variety of offenses, including misuse of state criminal databases and distribution of controlled substances to each other, according to the indictments.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hanceville-alabama-police-department-put-on-leave-corruption/