Alabama metropolis’s complete police pressure on go away after grand jury finds ‘rampant’ corruption

HANCEVILLE, Ala. – A small Alabama metropolis positioned its complete police pressure on administrative go away after a grand jury really helpful the division be disbanded after it discovered proof of “rampant corruption.”

Mishandling proof

The backstory:

Hanceville Mayor Jim Sawyer mentioned Thursday in a press release that the Cullman County Sheriff’s Division will briefly take over legislation enforcement duties as metropolis officers mull the following steps. 

Cullman County District Legal professional Champ Crocker introduced Wednesday that the grand jury had indicted the Hanceville police chief and 4 of his officers, who’re accused of mishandling or eradicating supplies from the division’s proof room.

Dig deeper:

Prices included misuse of state felony databases and distribution of managed substances to one another, based on the indictments. 

Citing what it known as a “rampant tradition of corruption,” the grand jury really helpful that the division be “instantly abolished.” 

What they’re saying: “It’s disturbing on many, many ranges,” Crocker mentioned Thursday by cellphone. He mentioned there had been unfettered entry to the proof room however declined to debate specifics of the allegations. 

The grand jury discovered that the division’s mismanagement left the proof unusable. 

The probe started after the State Bureau of Investigations was known as in to research when a dispatcher who had entry to the proof room was discovered useless at work, based on Crocker.

Dispatcher discovered useless 

The probe started after the State Bureau of Investigations was known as in to research when a dispatcher who had entry to the proof room was discovered useless at work, based on Crocker.

An post-mortem discovered that the person died from the mixed poisonous results of fentanyl and different medication, The Cullman Occasions reported.

Crocker then took the matter earlier than the grand jury. 

What’s subsequent: Town council will meet Feb. 27 to debate the way forward for the police division, the mayor mentioned.