Lansing police force resigns

[@bourbontrail565]

If you have 998 law abiding citizens that own guns. Well let’s see what happens.

[@chipsramek3868]

I Know I Know ... "Instant reduction in Violent Crime ... like Switzerland ...we were taught in the late 1950'-late 1960's in Public schools that the Swiss all served 2 years in in military in some capacity and there was a Machine Gun in EVERY HOME ... Their Crime rate was ZERO ! Time for the Ant gunners to shut up and stay home !

[@phillhuddleston9445]

Not much in the way of crime.

[@painkillerjones6232]

I'll tell you what happens. A lot of meth heads are going to travel to other areas to steal for the habit.

[@hydrocarbon82]

Unfortunately facts show that leads to significant increases in both homicide & suicide rates. Might be different if gun ownership hinged on mental health & ammosexuals didn't vote for people trying to kill affordable healthcare...but here we are.

[@deannacrownover3]

I live in a town of 258 people. You're right. No crime. We don't have a police department or a sheriff's substation where we live. We don't need one.

[@Ogrematic]

You don't quit bad jobs, You quit bad managers. Tired of the bs, probably.

[@Man1a2018]

Or maybe they wanted actual careers. It looks like 3 of the officers went to the same department. They probably wanted a more fulfilling career and knew the town would be just fine under the sheriffs or local protection

[@RaunchyLemon]

​@@Man1a2018lol thats and nonsensical cope

[@kyle18934]

​@Man1a2018 yeah, a local yown near my home town let go of its officers. they decided to just use the state troopers instead

[@GreyerShade]

UPDATE : There was an immediate crime wave! Two rolling stops on main and ole man Jenkins jay-walked in the same week!

[@FINfinFINfinFINfin]

@GreyerShade Jenkins always was a thug.

[@imjusthereforthecomments4920]

​@@FINfinFINfinFINfin😂

[@imjusthereforthecomments4920]

😂😂😂

[@987654321wormy]

​@@FINfinFINfinFINfinnot surprising, Jenkins is about that life...😂

[@stevenrobert8567]

l0l

[@csnide6702]

Souds like residents should get a REFUND on the taxes they have paid.

[@graciepooressing3404]

You'd think so.

[@jman1989]

Don't be silly

[@patrickbrumm420]

@@jman1989 the cops are quitters. Left their charges high and dry

[@stevenrobert8567]

AND then s0me

[@patrickfreeman8257]

Nope. The sheriff's office isn't going to work for free.

[@leifcatt]

Cow tipping is going to spike!

[@stevenrobert8567]

jay walking will increase 100 %

[@alelectric2767]

@@stevenrobert8567Madness! LOL!

[@LessPisssssssssssssed]

Very naïve statement.

[@jackslepowron5905]

​@@LessPisssssssssssssedyou know what a joke is i would hope

[@dennissvitak5475]

900 people in the city. Let the county take over. No way a town that size can justify the expense.

[@sicotshit7068]

I wouldn’t call it a city by any means either.

[@Jeff250lbc]

The speeding tickets of out of towners more than fund it..

[@TheBenghaziRabbit]

A lot of towns have this setup

[@bhoov1969]

I live in a South Carolina town with fewer residents than this town...we have a chief and an officer..neither of which work after 5pm unless there's a specific incident. We manage to get by pretty good.

[@Michael-s6d5t]

​@@bhoov1969must live close to the highway

[@jab16399]

A meaningless news report as they never answer why they left.

[@MattHadder]

Probably because they got caught being corrupt.

[@danielstellmon5330]

There were only 3 officers to start with. It sounds like money issues, one gets a better deal and tells the rest.

[@nunyabidnis5407]

They explained that they left for other jobs.

[@jamesborck5908]

They explained that 2 left for a promotion and better pay and the third probably thought I’m not running this all by myself I quit

[@jimedge8301]

@@jamesborck5908 wow ,that's not what I heard , I heard 2 left to work at another police force and 1 went to the EMS. You sure are assuming to hear a lot more than what was said.🙄

[@chrissmith-wq6gr]

A community taking care of each other, sounds like a great place to me 👍

[@robertarthurs328]

It's fortunate to be the size general location as my hometown. Though several decades later than my childhood may be a problem. A dem city would be trashed in a month.

[@jdgoesham5381]

ROFL gl with that. Better get a firearm.

[@robwiljas]

​@@jdgoesham5381 You are a perfect example of what's in our Declaration of Independence... "all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed." It doesn't matter law enforcement violates the law and constitution daily, it doesn't matter they abuse your fellow people, it doesn't matter that when seconds count, they're minutes away and wont do anything when they get there because they're cowards obsessed with their own safety. No, we shouldn't do for ourselves and protect our own communities, just call the tyrant overlords! They're the standing army our founders were so much against.

[@robwiljas]

​@DucknCoverin You clearly don't get sarcasm if you think that's "all" he said. When law enforcement themselves are lawless, you don't have law and order. You have tyranny and chaos fighting tyranny. What you call "law and order" is law enforcement violating our laws and constitution daily. Refresh yourself on our 4th, 5th, and 14th amendments then research civil asset forfeiture for just one example.

[@robwiljas]

@Migglesworth You believe you need tyrants that cause chaos to keep order, just like they used to believe you need a king. Freedom is scary, deal with it.

[@ned6938]

A town that size doesn't need a police department. That is what the sheriff's department is for.

[@urbugnmetoday3183]

False

[@lorehammer40k4]

@@urbugnmetoday3183 Wrong, Officer Doofy.

[@sandwiches-o3f]

So very wrong

[@bhoov1969]

​@lorehammer40k4 this is the same retort you've made on several others posters comments...nothing but a name calling insult. Maybe you should stop worrying about small town law enforcement and concentrate on the corruption in the department your big city employs.

[@Doc_-_Savage_1]

@@lorehammer40k4 You and 11 of your alternate accounts are as retarded as the day is long.

[@hatchetjack1031]

I live in a tiny town in the southern Midwest. It's considered ,still ,to be an OUTLAW town because over the decades, law enforcement and game wardens have been shunned and burned out, repeatedly , and will no longer live here. Everyone is armed, all the time ,and we have an EXTREMELY LOW CRIME RATE! We don't miss being a speed trap.

[@vonbuzz9009]

Nothing wrong with self governing ,,

[@elizabetholiviaclark]

Is it a sundown town?

[@leltrash5683]

This is the way.

[@damondiehl5637]

I've never seen a cop in Lansing. I've also never heard of any crime in Lansing.

[@dartdodge69]

I met one of the cops at the bar one night. He closed the bar and had to work at 6am. Been to Lansing a million times and I can't say I've even seen someone pulled over

[@chipsramek3868]

@@dartdodge69 I used to get angry at KZbin Assholes that woke up Pigs sleeping on the job to expose them ... "LET SLEEPING DOGS LIE" ... is some Old School Wisdom ... :)-

[@theviralvideos4616]

They don't lock up white people there's plenty crime in Lansing

[@fastdude2002]

I’ve never seen a cop in Lansing, I’ve also never been to Lansing…..

[@NoMoreBLUEISIS]

@WeLcOmEBaKDoood Most of the crimes in Ft. Worth Texas are committed by cops and government officials. So yes, that is a huge part like it or not.

[@stupidplumbing2343]

If your police department only has three officers, you don't need a police department.

[@urbugnmetoday3183]

False

[@vincentbriggs0682]

It's true! They have the Sherriffs department. 900 residents. ​@@urbugnmetoday3183

[@solskengroupllp2758]

@@urbugnmetoday3183 WRONG. YOU HAVE A SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT. You give them the use of the same facilities.

[@lorehammer40k4]

@@urbugnmetoday3183 Wrong, Officer Doofy.

[@wadestanton]

Who is supposed to protect the Fentanyl trade routes?

[@Jeff250lbc]

In charge of? Police and sheriff are not IN charge of anything if they are following the law and the constitution.

[@Doc_-_Savage_1]

Which they take an oath to, then break every single day of their 'duty'. Pigs are awful morally bankrupt creatures.

[@berniepragle948]

Ah yes. The KZbin Constitutional lawyer. One of millions.

[@dancaptain2055]

@@Doc_-_Savage_1absolutely, trigger happy fools.

[@elizabetholiviaclark]

@@berniepragle948 What part did he get wrong?

[@jacobbaker9506]

@@Doc_-_Savage_1sounds like you were held accountable and didn’t like the consequences. Did you at least learn your lesson, or do play the poor pitty victim card.

[@billwhite7015]

In our town of 3500, we used to have 40 cops; now, we have 6. The budget is balanced and the crime rate has plunged... Go figure...

[@crm6270]

When you are a hammer everything looks like a nail...

[@robertfergusson5367]

Fewer cops leads to less crime, who knew? Oh right....everyone.

[@ELKINKNIGHT935]

@@robertfergusson5367yes because this obviously works everywhere. Obviously criminals only commit crimes because the police exist. Dumb logic

[@publicenemy1238]

​@@ELKINKNIGHT935 You probably think you support your constitution 🤣

[@DoctorSess]

@@robertfergusson5367cite your sources.

[@mb9662]

How will the city make money off parking tickets and speed traps now?!

[@russelllane7295]

how about don't violate parking statutes and stop speeding. clown.

[@adamhuffman3354]

Yea they will just raise everybody’s taxes. They will get your money.

[@raimundotorres44]

One way or another. ​@@adamhuffman3354

[@smithjane006]

cities dont "make money" off of parking tickets and speed traps. most, if not all, of the revenue they generate goes to cover the cost to operate a court, taxes to the state (yes a city has to pay those type taxes), insurance to cover the police department, vehicle maintenance, fuel, etc.

[@Timedelayedfuse]

​@smithjane006 How's thar boot polish taste? Id imagine it's bitter.

[@ProudFatherofTwo]

All white and no crime...... hmmm .... strangeeeeeeee.......

[@1313greer13yt]

70% of felony crime is committed by white people ...hmmmm!?!?

[@kenbiemac337]

Yeah, that is strange isn't it.

[@wadestanton]

@@kenbiemac337 as strange as a dept with no complaints.

[@mikewhitman578]

Walmart is paying more money ​@@wadestanton

[@MiJaHa]

But no stereotyping.

[@mitchelnorton2692]

I grew up in a town of 1100 people, and we had no police officers at all. I guess they contracted out to the county. There were no problems with that arrangement at all I don't see what the big fuss is.

[@tamjeanell]

Its 2024

[@fredbear-sf9st]

You probably wouldn’t notice any change.

[@firefox1294]

Less lawsuits?

[@harchan448]

O YEAH THE TAXES WILL GO UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@lorehammer40k4]

@@harchan448 Yes, by hiring less leeches that cost the taxpayers thousands in settlements so that the town no longer has to carry massive liability insurance to pay for their misconduct... I mean, removing the only three heroes that made up the doughy thick blue line that was the ONLY thing that separated the citizens of Lansing from living in a Mad Max-style anarchist hellscape will definitely make taxes go... up? Is that right? Up? Hmm... I think that sounds right, oh well, no way to really know for sure until I hear how I should feel from my preferred evening broadcast anchor. Because what was keeping taxes in Lansing low was strong conservative values like... unnecessary government bloat and redundant employees who we have to pay for the rest of their lives? Did I get that one right? Ya know, that reminds me of my second favorite Reagan quote... "I think you all know that I've always felt that the nine most beautiful words in the English language are 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help" Obviously my favorite quote is probably the same as everyone else's. "Where am I again? You're a good boy, are you my grandson? Can you help me find the clicker? My pictures are about to start. Oh... where am I again? You're a good boy."

[@sethdechand2657]

Because the Sheriff’s Office takes over responding to calls.

[@therichestyoutubechannel6754]

They probably have no crime unlike Downtown Portland Oregon

[@1313greer13yt]

8 of the 10 highest crime rate states are RED, 9 of the 10 highest murder rate states are RED, 9 of the 10 lowest rated state education systems are RED, 8 of the 10 highest welfare states are RED ...etc RED STATE UTOPIAS ...getting what you voted for???

[@phoenixrivers5178]

They have no clean water to drink too

[@vittoriovuocolo2438]

There's crime every where. I have a house in an all white red area. Meth heads will do what they do. Some people kids don't know how to act. The problem is we have Democrat judges and prosecutors that keep these people on the street.i wish we could go to vigilante justice and clean the area up.

[@tarpanc34]

its hard to meet quotas in an honest town.. in florida we dont have quotas any more.. cops dont have to make arrest to keep their jobs.. aint that the way it should be every where.. cop: oh my god its end of month and i ant got my quotas in this next fucker is going down for anything i can plant on him i got wife and kids to feed, this next guy has to go.. sorry just doing my job.....

[@wintertrooper7918]

A town of less than a thousand versus a city of over several 100 times thst amount

[@ysmith494]

Open Carry

[@donpeters9849]

I knew there'd be an idiot comment such as yours.

[@jman1989]

It's almost like that would work just fine.... fr

[@starionslider2116]

Everyone would be polite 👍

[@chipsramek3868]

@@starionslider2116 One of the Very Few things Comrade DeSantis endorsed in FL ... "Legal (I despise that word) Concealed Carry ... to back up our "STAND YOUR GROUND LAW" ...

[@chipsramek3868]

Concealed Carry is another great thing !

[@Rick-np9vz]

The residents have the chance to prove that police were not required in the first place!

[@cvhinson1]

one shouldnt apply this idea in a larger city, unless the citizenry is well armed. The perps, most hardened criminals even at the tender age of 16 are well armed and are not bound to the laws.

[@Rick-np9vz]

@@cvhinson1 more people means more hiding places! Criminals like having more people to hide behind!

[@oceanmariner]

So why did they quit. That was never answered.

[@patrickbrumm420]

Gangs stick together, to cover each others backside

[@chuckbronco6485]

Pay, benefits, retirement. That's normally what it's about.

[@jimmymckay73]

Probably bored af of writing parking tickets.

[@patrickbrumm420]

@@jimmymckay73 if the cops are bored with wringing money out of the locals its probably true the locals hated the cops.

[@patrickbrumm420]

@@chuckbronco6485 following a boss you know you can get away with shit under is also a possibility.

[@chrissmith-wq6gr]

Try asking those cops why they left, that way you'll get the truth.

[@RobertSmith-lg7jp]

I love sarcasm.

[@Doc_-_Savage_1]

"We wanted a larger area to practice our brigandage, this town is too small, everyone always watching. It's hard to get away with being criminals in such a small town."

[@1313greer13yt]

140 BILLION state and local dollars spent annually on law enforcement ...3% of felony crime solved. Cops are used almost exclusively to prey on soft targets, like you and me, to generate revenue!!! Law enforcement, one of the largest wastes of tax pater money!!!

[@vittoriovuocolo2438]

​@@Doc_-_Savage_1I'm guessing you're a pothead with a record.

[@cvhinson1]

My SOL is a police officer. Getting a version of the truth, maybe.

[@turbowarp]

Plenty of towns have no police force if their own and they get along just fine. Sheriffs and constables are more than capable of servicing the town. Small to midsized police departments have a way of becoming corrupt fiefdoms.

[@lorehammer40k4]

Shhhh, if the tax cattle aren't constantly terrified then they might start to wonder what we're doing with all their money. "Quick! Cut all the spending for school lunches so we can fund our own police department! There's a massive crime surge coming to our podunk Iowa town of 1,000 people!" Clearly every town of 5,000 people needs 50 active police at all times to even START to be safe, we won't finally be truly safe until every fourth person in the country is a cop and every county is the jurisdiction of at least 6 separate agencies, I'm sure that'll finally solve crime, right?

[@urbugnmetoday3183]

Sorry about your illness

[@lorehammer40k4]

@@urbugnmetoday3183 If irony were brains, I'd say you invented MENSA.

[@C25-150]

​@lorehammer40k4 you have a problem

[@lorehammer40k4]

@@C25-150 Oh wait, this is my chance to use the masterful argument that Sensei urbugnmetoday taught me when he started spewing his extra chromoso- I mean... spreading his obvious mighty intellect all over this comment section... Okay, ahem, here I go... Ready? There's no way such a powerful technique can lose... It's comin', stay ready.... Wrong. BOOM. Nailed it. Checkmate atheists. Get rekt librul. Etc etc.

[@kevinscott4081]

So the town will have no more criminals now that the last three have gone.

[@teesbytom6232]

RIGHT!

[@russelllane7295]

why don't you get off the couch and join the police department and show everyone how its done. Or let the adults handle it.

[@ygrittesnow1701]

When this happened to a Texas town, the residents reported they felt safer without them. When NYPD went through a working strike there was a marked drop in crime. I would imagine Lancing, Iowa just became one of the safest towns to live in. And what is with the 20 mph speed limit? I have been through a lot of places. I don't remember ever seeing a city street anywhere that was less than 25.

[@gordonlumbert9861]

@@ygrittesnow1701 Its reasonable if people know nobody is coming then criminals are not as safe... Vigilante justice isn't as gentle as the police.

[@ygrittesnow1701]

@@gordonlumbert9861 People engaging in the vigilante justice you describe have to be tempered in their actions. Why? Because we are held accountable. Cops are not.

[@cantprocess]

Shows how useless they are if the city can still go on like nothing happened.

[@dancaptain2055]

In most places I have been they are all useless.

[@michaelryan2416]

I wouldn’t call Lansing a city

[@geowa3724]

Draining the swamp

[@russelllane7295]

ok gutless, why don't you show us all how its done. or are you busy playing video games.

[@blauer2551]

Our community doesn’t have a police department, if we call the sheriff or troopers respond. But most of us look out for each other.

[@aa-hj2fd]

Don't need a police force anyway.

[@1313greer13yt]

140 BILLION state and local dollars spent annually on law enforcement ...3% of felony crime solved. Cops are used almost exclusively to prey on soft targets, like you and me, to generate revenue!!! Law enforcement, one of the largest wastes of tax pater money!!!

[@jasonbuck489]

They didn't "just resign" outta the blue.... There is definitely a reason... They just aren't saying....

[@smithjane006]

easy answer---the mayor is a woman

[@Doc_-_Savage_1]

They're not saying because the answer is M O N E Y. Pigs are greedy, along with all the other things we know and can prove about them all.

[@vonbuzz9009]

Greed , , they wanted more pay in order to protect and serve the shit out of you,,

[@Youshouldsmokeweed]

They did. Your either deaf or lack the ability to listen.

[@Gh0stFac3_Gaming]

You clearly dont listen, They left for another Department and One went back to EMS. Rewatch the Video smh

[@richardsuggs8108]

The city does not need a police force. Someplace that small can be handled by the county’s sheriff department.

[@larryjanson4011]

sometimes the cost for a sheriff dept to have a squad car or two for a area is very very co$tly. i grew up in such a area. st and county had the job. way over priced.

[@richbattaglia5350]

The only real justice is the one you take, stronger than the other.

[@texpatrobertrice8309]

Well, I don't think I would be advertising to the world that this town has no police force. "Hey criminal minded people, come here and have an extortion, and crime party. Loose lips sink ships. Never advertise a weakness that a criminal element can exploit. Unbelievable.

[@LetsTalkAboutPrepping]

They have a sheriff department and deputies, and I bet there are enough guns to make criminals think twice. I lived in a town with 2 cops on duty. We all left our car doors unlocked because only an idiot would try a anything, because it'd be pretty clear who had done it and small town justice can't be tracked by police. So people just.....dont

[@urbugnmetoday3183]

@@LetsTalkAboutPreppinga sheriff dept that has the whole county to protect…

[@jamessanborn293]

Most likely, for the best, they have become something that can not be controlled. The idea of a cop is good, but they way people act while they are in uniform is disgusting

[@nonuser1532]

The way people act towards the uniform is disgusting, and causes the behavior of those in the uniform.

[@jamessanborn293]

@nonuser1532 you have that backward. The people wearing it forgot why they wear it. That is what stated the problem It's not to steal money. Or to be able to shoot a little old lady in her house. It is supposed to be to help people. They don't help no more they are a gang of thugs nothing more

[@jamessanborn293]

@nonuser1532 The Stanford Prison Experiment (SPE) was a social psychology study conducted in 1971 at Stanford University that involved college students acting as prisoners and guards in a simulated prison. The experiment was led by psychologist Philip Zimbardo and his colleagues, and was funded by the U.S. Office of Naval Research. The study's goal was to examine how situational variables, such as role-playing, labeling, and social expectations, affected participants' behavior over a two-week period. However, the experiment was terminated after only six days due to escalating mistreatment of prisoners, which Zimbardo later described as showing how "ordinary college students could do terrible things". This is the effect of the uniform. It has been proven time and again to be a negative thing. It is better for people to police them selfs. And for the cops to police big Corp.

[@nonuser1532]

@@jamessanborn293 You can't compare a bunch of kids in a controlled situation to cops dealing with actual criminals. I watched a video covering that experiment. Does not equate to real life.

[@jamessanborn293]

@nonuser1532 Most of these cops are kids out of college 🙄 and how do you think these studies are performed. you are in denial. Like I said, it is a nice idea, but let's face it, they are not here for you and me no more. They are here for corporate owners and businesses. Next time you have an encounter, try to express your rights and see what happens 😉. As soon as you mention your rights, you will be in cuffs. And ask yourself how an agency created by the people has more power than the people who created them.

[@stevejones9062]

these people only need ONE officer for that size population , unless they are policing for profit.

[@whiteknightcat]

So many ignorant people in the comments - the county sheriff takes over policing of the community until a new police department is formed, IF the town chooses to go that route

[@Youshouldsmokeweed]

Well I'm sure they rank in the double digits when it comes to that IQ level.

[@Gh0stFac3_Gaming]

EXACTLY Thank you for actually having brains

[@Hohmies86]

Good job News Chan Practically ringing the dinner bell for criminals in surrounding counties

[@1313greer13yt]

140 BILLION state and local dollars spent annually on law enforcement ...3% of felony crime solved. Cops are used almost exclusively to prey on soft targets, like you and me, to generate revenue!!! Law enforcement, one of the largest wastes of tax payer money!!!

[@SpangledOne]

I'm from a village of just over 800 and we have not had a police force in over 40 years, the County Sheriff has taken responsibility (they are in a city just over 8 miles away) for us, and we've rarely had any problems. 🤷🏻‍♂

[@nonserviam9673]

2A is the only protection you need. 💥💥☠

[@Roscoepotamus-om6gf]

Sorry to hear about your tiny penis.

[@nynomadfjc3907]

Arm yourselves

[@urbugnmetoday3183]

Yep, day comin

[@dontcare3430]

​@@urbugnmetoday3183 day coming? You have em now, or it's too late. If you live in this town, you don't need guns, it's Iowa..

[@urbugnmetoday3183]

@@dontcare3430 funny…get well soon

[@dontcare3430]

@@urbugnmetoday3183 do I look well? At least I'm not in Iowa. That's hell. Ever drive thru it?

[@urbugnmetoday3183]

@@dontcare3430 live here

[@kwisatzhaderach1458]

this will spread across america

[@markhellman-pn3hn]

i remember a similar story - the city gets a BLACK mayor - all the WHITE police officers quit !! .....(ironic)

[@madelinemardigan3386]

Yeah, I remember that. She was a terrible person and caused a lot of nonsense

[@GamerGateVeteran]

No, you dont remember that. You remember an ignorant bratty moron becoming mayor and the police force resigning instead of dealing with the new mayors constant stupidity, and much of the town supporting the Officers and being pissed at that mayor for causing the cops to want to leave. Stop looking at everything based on race. We are all members of the human race. Stop being part of the problem dividing us.

[@cvhinson1]

Get rid of the DA's and magistrates. Let the city council decide.

[@johnpacella9519]

Unless there is a crime wave of fat-shaming, they have nothing to worry about.

[@MattKamowski]

No police...crime just went down 100 percent

[@risinbison1106]

County sheriff will now have jurisdiction. I’m guessing we’re not talking about a den of criminal activity.

[@oldfarmer9004]

The county has their meth lab investigation unit sitting there waiting. What do they know?

[@josephrilling9922]

Good Too expensive The sheriff department will provide services

[@laskey2175]

"Resign" is misleading. They left/got poached to another police force.

[@darkstorminc]

No it is not misleading. They resigned because they got hired somewhere else.

[@Doc_-_Savage_1]

@@darkstorminc Correction, they were greedy sh!ts and porked off for more pay, more violence, and more extra income ripping off CITIZENS, and dealing drugs.

[@Gh0stFac3_Gaming]

They left for another Department and One went back to EMS. Rewatch the Video

[@herbertsmith6085]

You don't have crime when the criminals leave

[@xlerb2286]

There are a few towns close to where I live that have 500-800 people and they all get along without a police department. The sheriff's department handles law enforcement. Though if a deputy swings through a town more than once a week I'd be surprised. It's a big county and a small sheriff's department.

[@dt7202]

3 officers. They’ll be ok. Wish everyone well

[@xstorm_8_shadowx]

Announces this on the news seen by millions of criminals….. good luck ladies in Lansing.

[@johnkeyte407]

only in the US would a place with less than 1,000 residents be called a CITY 😂😂😂😂😂

[@urbugnmetoday3183]

Town

[@Woodyperckerhead-ni3ti]

Try 47438

[@Michaelfatman-xo7gv]

Aren't we awesome?

[@incognito5986]

Hamlet would be more accurate or town .

[@kborak]

Not sure why thats funny. Wanna explain?

[@dwayne7356]

How did three police officers provide 24/7 coverage? Were they always on call?

[@GamerGateVeteran]

Typically coverage would be divided between all 3 (yes, in most small town PD's the Chief of Police does work regular patrol duties). Id imagine someone takes most of the night shifts, someone takes most of the day shifts, and the third fills in the gap days and most likely gets the rest of their hours by working a few "overlapping" shifts that have the benefit of having more than just 1 Officer on duty at a time (probably make those overlaps for Friday and Saturday when there is likely more risk of DUI or other issues). Alternatively, not every PD operates 24/7, especially if they have low numbers and the town is mostly a quiet and peaceful town, so they could just work mostly "business hours" shifts just making sure that tourists and passers-by through the town arent getting up to nonsense. Speeding, acting like fools with the local diner staff, harassing locals, getting drunk and up to no-good, etc. Mostly a "keep the peace" force more than an "enforce the law" force. In those agencies, it is typical for every Officer (again, including the Chief) to take turns being the "on-call" Officer for certain days of the week or certain weeks of the month. Small town PD's basically operate as "public security" more than "law enforcement". They conform to the safety concerns of the citizens and the town and fill the unique voids between citizens and county level LE. Lock up the public buildings at the end of the day, open them up in the morning. Check on the handful of "problem areas" where the local kids usually try and hang out to get up to no-good. Be a visible presence for out-of-towners so they dont run through town like a bat out of heck. Be the closest responder for a call of someone getting into a wreck with a deer.

[@triplez6691]

This is something I wouldn’t announce.

[@dancaptain2055]

😂

[@emerg0n0see]

Great reporting…Up next, citizens in Upstate NY will be losing all their lakes next week. No more watering plants and flowers or lawns, water to dogs, no water to drink, bathe, swim or snort. As always, we are your source for detailed, latest news. Good luck.

[@chrissmith-wq6gr]

Only 900 people? In the UK, we have villages bigger than that.

[@TheRainman444]

Small towns in America are a special thing ! It amazing to be in a small town like that , a lot of times it’s like an extended family ! Small towns can be as good as it gets! usu

[@tommylucero2931]

You said the chief of police in two other so what three cops for the whole damn town, so really they don't need them if it's only three cops

[@sethdechand2657]

The Sheriff’s office just takes over for calls this happens all the time.

[@thangnguyen-iy4xf]

no police? will there still be banks? 😆

[@michaelryan2416]

Well criminals. There’s things you don’t wanna try in a small town. 😅

[@Mike-r2b]

Maybe this news channel can receive a award for telling the entire criminal population this town is now without police. Just because any idiot can post online doesn't mean you shouldn't consider the results of doing so. I can tell you how to defend against a personal attack at a distance for five dollars but posting it online educates criminals that would use that information as a means of criminal use instead of defense against it. May this town realize you did them no favor and be extra vigilant and watchful, may God, keep them in divine providence.

[@randyscrafts8575]

3 cops? Thats a waste of tax dollars. The county should've been doing that in the first place.

[@jimthomas1989]

This CITY has NO Oak Trees ? Oak Trees make " Acorns " 😂

[@Doc_-_Savage_1]

These people probably have NO IDEA that pigs are actually mentally ill criminals all across this blighted land.

[@KingStone-so1yl]

Word is they heard there was an old lady boiling water, and resigned after city council wouldn’t approve hazard pay.

[@TimJameson-jg8sl]

Now you can rename your town New Chicago because the s*** is about to hit the fan. WOOOOOOW...

[@Lue_Jonin]

They'll hire the fry cook from McDonald's as thier new public servant in law enforcement 😂🍔 🍟 LOL

[@CherylMac57]

All departments of law have a responisblity to be accountable. Internal audit of businesses have a standard to the public. No one is above these laws.

[@billydelacey]

Kinda makes me wanna move there.

[@M0rshu64]

Criminals in the area: It's free real estate!

[@heroesandzeros7802]

Now that the police are gone, you have no crime.

[@jeepster0934]

A city that small does not need their own police force. Sheriffs Dept. should be able to handle just fine.

[@philpugliese7049]

So the police quit for 'secret reasons'? Free and public press in America? Baaa ha ha ha

[@mikeneidlinger8857]

I lived in a small farm town with 2000 people for 15 years. Almost no crime. People are meant to live in small farm towns with small farms. It's just simple economics.

[@7twentyXsix]

Why would they 'ring the dinnerbell' to scumbags nationwide? This only endangers the citizens by sharing this information

[@1313greer13yt]

140 BILLION state and local dollars spent annually on law enforcement ...3% of felony crime solved. Cops are used almost exclusively to prey on soft targets, like you and me, to generate revenue!!! Law enforcement, one of the largest wastes of tax payer money!!!

[@vonbuzz9009]

Thats your logical thought process ? This podunk town is now better off than the were ,

[@Youshouldsmokeweed]

Wouldn't be wise unless you'd liked to be buried there. Many in this state have guns. Were the Texas of the Midwest.

[@philliesblunt247]

I suggest a mandatory open Carry law. For all adults over 28 without prior felony conditions, and 20/20 or greater vision.

[@wantsanewvehicle]

1:35 oh no not speeding through town at 2 am .. what a damn shame that would be.

[@jakekgfn]

Now who’s going to let Otis the town drunk sleep it off in one of their cells

[@Blt-rr2lm]

Lansing has about 1000 residents. In Canada, we have a federal police system that has detachments in or very near villages. It is funded by the country’s tax payers.

[@michaelgillett5744]

At least they got rid of the numerous bad cops.

[@hosermandeusl2468]

Here in this PNW city, we have ZERO traffic enforcement, not even radar cameras. We have traffic lights & STOP signs, but they are considered "guidelines". And yet, the city added a $30.00 "Public Safety" fee to our monthly water bill.

[@ptxen7921]

So the community won’t have to worry about being extorted on their way to work…sounds like heaven to me.

[@txhookey5608]

It ends stating the Sheriff's department will be responsible for Lansing and the near by town of Alban. It's not likely there will be much of a change.

[@Baba_yaga_Assassin]

Heaven on earth.

[@russelllane7295]

for you criminal types.

[@brotherlittlefoot2216]

Seems like it would be easier and save more money for the city to just pay the Sheriff's Dept for a couple of extra deputies to patrol the area.

[@rachelbolyard1527]

If it’s anything like what happened in NYC when police went on strike, crime will go down.

[@valerierodger]

The entire police force resigning sounds so much more dramatic than the police chief and two officers resigned

[@mb9662]

People will be safe to have tinted windows and not have to worry about being shot for having their hands in their pockets

[@nailbanger2]

Mayberry lost Andy, then Barney and the other guy left.

[@RoughRaiders13]

If your entire forest is three fucking police officers you don't need them. Ridiculous. What a waste of a news story and what a waste of taxpayer money. That town should have been under County jurisdiction forever.

[@urbugnmetoday3183]

You’re a retardant

[@dand3975]

Is the News telling the whole story here? Or did the reporter not thoroughly investigate what the whole story is? The town board/Mayor & the Cops are Likely at odds with each other.

[@toddfenley9179]

Along with that whoever posted this story just ruined that town people trying to escape from California will probably flood that place if there's any decent people left in California I kind of doubt it

[@urbugnmetoday3183]

Right, they love no police

[@1313greer13yt]

Really? 9 of the 10 highest murder rate states are RED, 9 of the 10 lowest rated education states are RED, 8 of the 10 highest welfare states are RED, 8 of the 10 highest crime rate states are RED ...etc Bleat on little SHEEPY and enjoy your RED state utopia!!!!

[@papatrad3458]

It's all about the budget. A town with >1000 people is NOT sustainable without HIGH taxes to subsidize the cost of said police force. I lived in a town in S. Georgia that had just over 1200 residents and they could only afford 1 full time police officer and 2 part time officers. Those part time officers worked for the sheriffs department full time. Young guys without a family. Taxes pays their salaries and without those said taxes, you don't have said services.

[@10ring60-bp5ml]

well the people will a lot safer with out them

[@victormorgan7766]

Now what about the money their saving!!!

[@Simplydelicious2]

County sheriff gets the money.

[@urbugnmetoday3183]

Should cover all the crime that will happen

[@eugenethaden6316]

Now they won't have anyone around to arrest the victim of a crime for defending themselves against those criminals.

[@fw1421]

They will be better off without them. No more speed traps and quotas.

[@royarchibald6392]

There's generally only 2 reasons officers leave, pay or support. Sounds like a sit down at that restaurant over a cup of coffee with the mayor is in order.

[@urbugnmetoday3183]

The comments section has to be full of people that don’t live in a small town (retorts)…you don’t think 1000 + people need law? They think a sheriff department that serves the whole county can be the police for every town…more-offs

[@SkateboardSoldier]

The people will police themselves, the question is with no police your state/city taxes should go down to nothing.