Funny someone threw pot in the mayors yard and it was growing there!!OAK HILL, Fla. -- The City of Oak Hill Police Department is no more.
The Oak Hill City Council voted 3-2 Monday night to immediately disband the police department. The vote followed a tense meeting filled with allegations of misconduct and political vendettas.
Shortly after the 7 p.m. vote, officers stopped responding to emergency calls. They turned in their guns and badges.
The vote to disband the police department capped more than a year of controversy about the police department in Oak Hill.
Mayor Mary Lee Cook said all eight officers and the police chief, Diane Young will collect unemployment.
Cook accused the police department of a political vendetta after 10 marijuana plants were discovered growing in her yard last month. Sheriff's investigators found that while the plants were indeed growing in the 84-year-old mayor's yard, she was not aware of them.
Cook said she thought the issue was over until she heard Chief Young was taking pictures of her backyard and telling others she was going to have the mayor arrested. When she heard that, she said she called the emergency meeting to have Young fired.
She said she didn't plan for the police department to be dismantled but she said once the discussion started it snowballed into getting rid of the whole department.
Cook has been a vocal critic of the police department and Chief Young. Cook has said that she did not believe Young was qualified for the position, which she was named to last year.
In January, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement looked into allegations that three officers cheated on training tests and the chief covered it up. However, the case was closed for lack of sufficient evidence.
Officers have also been accused of stealing gas, improper use of computers, claims of false arrests and other disciplinary issues.
Cook said this does not necessarily mean the police department is done forever. She said they will continue meeting this week to discuss their options. She said if they do reinstate the department, all new employees will be hired.
Beginning immediately, the Volusia County Sheriff's deputies will patrol the city.
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