The mayor of a small northwest Georgia town has resigned following controversy tied to his decision to fire the town's entire police department.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The mayor of Cohutta, Georgia, dissolved the town’s police department on Wednesday, May 6, terminating all personnel, a decision ...

The town council in a small north Georgia community has called a special meeting for Friday evening to discuss reinstating their police department, and to consider a request for the mayor's “immediate ...

A small Georgia town reinstated its entire police force days after the mayor shut down the department, leaving the community without law enforcement.

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Cohutta, Georgia, Mayor Ron Shinnick allegedly fired the entire police department after officers made Facebook comments about his wife, reports say.

Days after Cohutta's mayor fired all the city's police officers, the town council chose to reinstate the entire department.