{"id":145960,"date":"2023-08-18T09:15:26","date_gmt":"2023-08-18T13:15:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=145960"},"modified":"2023-08-16T12:32:18","modified_gmt":"2023-08-16T16:32:18","slug":"entire-goodhue-police-force-resigns-zero-applicants-available-for-replacement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=145960","title":{"rendered":"Entire Goodhue police force resigns, zero applicants available for replacement"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The mayor of Goodhue, Minnesota, got blindsided when the entire police force submitted their resignations. The Chief of Police will continue his job until August 24. However, the city currently appears to not have any applicants available to replace these officers. They contacted other police departments to see if they had applicant overflows. Goodhue’s low pay, and competition from larger communities, added to the challenges that this city faces with recruitment.<\/p>\n

From Fox News:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Police Chief Josh Smith, who will continue to serve in his position until Aug. 24, told city officials that he could not find anyone to sign up to join the police force.<\/p>\n

“This has been three weeks now, we have zero applicants, and I have zero prospects,” Smith said on July 26. “I’ve called every PD around for the youngest guys out there, getting into the game. There’s nobody getting into the game.”<\/p>\n

“If you want to keep the PD and this is something we want to continue going with, something needs to change dramatically and drastically, and it’s got to happen now.”<\/p>\n

One Goodhue City Council member, Chris Schmit, praised the police force for maintaining law and order in the city.<\/p>\n

“I can probably speak for everyone when I say that they provided excellent safety and security to our community. And the small town policing that they did, we want that back.”<\/p>\n

Smith also told the Goodhue City Council that the police force was losing on recruitment numbers because of low pay and competition from larger communities.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Fox News provides the balance of the story here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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