A small Alabama city placed its entire police force on administrative leave a day after a grand jury, when a grand jury dissolved the department, saying that it is “a criminal enterprise compared to the law enforcement agency More operated in form. “
Hansville Mayor Jim Sawyar said in a statement on Thursday that the Kulman County Sheriff Department would temporarily handle law enforcement duties as city officials reduced the next steps. “It is unfortunate that some people have tarnished the good name of our city,” Sawyer said in the previous statement.
Kalman County District Attorney Champion Croker announced on Wednesday that Grand Jury was near Hansville police chief and his four officers inspiredWhich is accused of incorrectly or removing the material from the evidence room of the department.
Apart from Marlin, officers Kodi Alan Kelso, Drew Shelte, Jason Wilbanks, Reserve Officer Eric Michael Kelso and his wife, Donna Kelso were also charged, al.com was also accused.
They have been accused of various types of crimes, including misuse of state criminal databases and distribution of controlled substances to each other, according to the prosecution.
Saying that it is called “abundant culture of corruption”, a grand jury recommended that the department be “abolished immediately.”
“It is upset at many, many levels,” Croker said by phone on Thursday. He said that the evidence had reached the room, but refused to discuss the nuances of the allegations.
The grand jury found that the mismanagement of the department made the evidence useless.
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According to Croker, the State Bureau of the State Bureau of Investigations was called for investigation, when a dispatcher was found dead in access to the room of evidence.
Croker told CBS affiliated Wiat, “After the death of Dispath in August 2024, I was coming to check everything in Hansville, urging the State Bureau of Investigation.”
A dead body was found in the examination that the man died of joint poisonous effects of Phantenile and other drugs, The Kalman Times told.
After this, Croker took the matter before the grand jury.
“I hope the citizens of Hansville and Kalman County see how seriously we are taking it. Hansville citizens are worth public security,” Croker said.
The mayor said that the city council will be available on February 27 to discuss the future of the police department.
Hansville is a city of 3,200 people at a distance of about 45 miles from Birmingham.
According to the Kulman Times, the police department had a total of eight officers till August.
Mike Calvert, a resident of Hansville for a long time, told Wiat that he was surprised by the arrest of the officials.
“Very surprised,” Calvert told the station. “His presence has always been here until I can remember and it’s a very sad situation, very sad.”
But Amanda Hale, a resident of Hansville, told Wiat that he was not surprised by arrest.
“It has a lot of good police, you know, in that police department and all the people here, but there are people who want to use that badge for profit,” Hell told the station.
