Hoschton Georgia Dissolves Police Department

[Joanne98]

Hoschton, Georgia a city with a population of 1,612 is out of cash and voted to dissolve the police department. Please consider Jackson deputies to patrol Hoschton.


The council voted 4-1 last week to scrap the city's three-man police department and its municipal court system in order to save about $360,000 a year. The police department will be completely dismantled by the end of the month.

Open police cases will be transferred to the Jackson County Sheriff's Office and all court cases that are not resolved will be handled in Jackson County State Court.

"We could no longer afford to fund public service as a duplicate service," said Mayor Erma Denney, who took office last month. "Every property owner in Hoschton has already been paying for public safety through the sheriff's office and always has been."

Hoschton leaders have struggled for more than a year to balance residents' desire for autonomous city services with vehement opposition to property taxes, which Hoschton property owners have not had to pay for more than 30 years.

The previous council shrank the department from seven officers to four between 2008 and late 2009.

The final blow came Jan. 13, when Denney and four new councilmen - who all ran on ending the city's budget crisis - adopted an amended budget that shrank 2010 spending by about half.
Well that's one way to end a budget crisis.

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Ahh finally some good news. I hope they lay off the conservative cops first!

[Speck Tater]

1. My town is down to one officer. The police department closes at 5PM daily.

Population: 900

[sharesunited]

2. Oh no! Buy more guns and ammo!