All seven members of Goodhue, Minnesota’s police department have resigned, citing concerns over their pay. KARE’s Jennifer Hoff reports.
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They can probably in crease wages, healthcare and sick leave, they just don’t want to. Also, now interviews with the police? Sounds like a donnie trump scam.
So all I have to do is get a group of 3 other men to join me and we would have a high probability of taking over that entire town. Who’s in?
That’s way too many officers for a town of 1000 people anyway. Oh no, who will write dumb tickets all day. Why didn’t half quit and give their salaries to the other half?
Hey Mayor, the fact that you KNEW you weren’t paying enough but you let it happen shows where your judgment is. This is YOUR FAULT.
The town will be safer with less thugs on the streets.
Ill come be a police officer. If yall can help with relocating costs. They are greedy
Ill work there for 60k a year minimum
How could anyone in their right mind think that they’ll be OK with only three officers? To have 24 hour coverage with only three officers they would have to work almost 60 hours a week every week. Heaven forbid they use vacation time or get sick or injured while on duty, because the required hours for the remaining two goes to over 80 hours each then. Shows how much they don’t care that they think running with 3 is an acceptable option.
They’ve never had 24/7 police coverage, majority of small towns use the state patrol or sheriffs office to cover nights and fill other time voids
@MidwestRider559 How were they rolling out hours for 7 individuals?
@Nicholas Barber they were on a rotation, work 3 8hour days, 2 officers per day to total 16 hours. Sheriffs office took overnights
Who cares cops don’t do anything good for the people
Cowards
Seeing a 2012 Impala as one of their primary police cruisers is telling that the law enforcement budget is next to nothing.
You can get a early 2020 model of an interceptor for the price of a corolla these days.
Wowww!! 😲
Cops were overrated, They got a raise and still walked, good riddance. Get 3 and pay them more.
Looks like I’m booking a flight to Goodhue! Sounds like they have a sale on everything 🤗
Gas Station closes at 6 and the grain elevator is self service lol just don’t try anything stupid or they’ll be forced to feed you to the coyotes
You get what you pay for.
$13,000 is my yearly income. Seems a bit greedy on the chief’s behalf to me. I would like to hear from the police who quit, to get the full story though.
That NBC guy at the end is definitely an AI bot. Humans don’t look like that
Good. Do a volunteer police force. You’ll be better off. No contracts with the outside police
Remember: county sheriff deputies still have power anywhere within a county. So do state troopers. There will still be law enforcement.
that’s crazy, it’s like people don’t want to deal with a heavily armed and mentally unstable public for a couple steps above minimum wage
Isnt that what you wanted? Defund the police? 😂😂😂
Yes I hope they all get on welfare
I know where the criminals are travelling to now!
Good for these officers
Police force did the right thing
7 police Officers?!! What will they doe with only 7 police officers?!! Then the lady thinks they’ll be ok with 3?! What happens if the cartel or some gangs start popping up. All 7 of those officers will be killed. Itll be like Mexican small towns where the police quit and run away from the criminals.
Doesn’t most of the city council make 6figures? Cops want thirty an hour but mayor brings home closer to 65
Perfect opportunity to hire private. Spend less, get more.
This is a prime example of not caring about your employees. And allowing politicos to defund police.
STOP VOTING REPUBLICAN.
This has already been years in the making, it got even worst with the 2020 protest that saw many police officers demonize over the george floyd incident and even the council stood by the protest of defunding the police which is just plain stupid, now its pay up time because the police are little to no more.
Serial killers going there for vacation.
This has lot more to do than the pay. Especially when the chief puts his resignation in with the seven officers that make up the entire precinct. We’ve seen this happen before. All the officers that resigned in those previous counties over the last couple of years all have stated publicly or during a town meeting why they are leaving. Like somebody mentioned in the comments. There’s no interview or public statements from the resigning officers. Which is very peculiar and the mayor saying it has to do with pay and nothing more. Especially after they all got raises? Yeah there’s a lot not being revealed right now.
i wouldnt be a cop if the entire town was about to be attacked cause the attackers would sue and win. its every man for himself.
It’s because working people are tired of working for those that don’t work. If you work in a corporate or oversight position, you don’t work.
Why would a town of 1200 people have 7 officers? Our town of 600 has one part-time officer who basically just writes the occasional ticket to someone who doesn’t slow down driving through town. We have county and state police for bigger crimes.
😂 the cost of living in Joe Biden country keep voting blue.
12000 population with only 7 officers???
Dui is the only crime they probably Chace why are they complaining 🤔
Chase.
If this is a liberal city its not shocking
Man, getting a 5% raise is a godsend for half the countys workforce. What an entiled group of cops
Hire Chinese police officers. They will do a great job for half the money.
Cowards doing it for the money only.
That place is better off without them.
Would you risk your life like them?
As long as there is no black people you won’t need police
It’s not like they do anything anyways.
Yeah well, when you defund the Police and let Criminals walk free you get what you deserve.That’s the Biden Administration for ya!!!!!
No he wasn’t! The Police Chief had fully discussed the issue (money). It fell on deaf ears! The Mayor is a LIAR!
Although I don’t blame them, this will force a federal police force play right into their hands.
Don’t be fooled. The Sherriff department, that already has jurisdiction in this town, already said that they will NOT receive a higher work load because of these resignations. These 7 resignations will only SAVE this towns tax dollars that can be use somewhere else. They don’t need these cops.
The left pushed out more good cops, now watch as that place burns.
The entire STATE of Florida is heading this way with it’s Department of Corrections. DeSantis mobilized the national guard to help man the grossly understaffed prisons across the state but they continue to struggle, more and more trained officers leaving because of pay that won’t support their families as the cost of living has skyrocketed and wages have remained stagnant. They were promised a big increase…and only got 5%, promised bonuses and now it looks like they won’t be getting them, while many officers are living in RVs on the prison land because they can’t afford housing anywhere near the prisons and some commute as much as 70 miles one way so over 100 miles a day to get to and from the prisons. The national guardsmen mobilized aren’t helping much as they can not legally handle the inmates, leaving that still to the trained officers and actually creating MORE work for them as they have to escort the National Guardsmen and do everything themselves without help for entire dorms. Officers who are already at a point where they are being threatened daily, forced to work 8 hour overtime shifts at the end of 8 hour shifts back to back, written up, reprimanded, threatened and harassed if they refuse. All while not earning enough money for housing in the areas where the the prisons are.
Soon as BLM officials heard this story they invaded that area
The city will be better off with the pig pen closed.
Blacks are gonna have a field day there lol.
AWESOME
I HEARD NOBODY IS PUTTING IN APPLICATIONS PHHHTHAHAHAHAH NOBODY WANTS THE JOB
HAHAHAHAH ITS A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE WHAT ARE THEY HIDING AHAHA HAHAHAH YEP
U gave one person a 13 thousand raise. Smart..
Minessota town council: we’ll cut the police funding that reduce their pay under poverty level for fun and giggles.
Policemen: we quit. We all quit.
Minessota town council: * surprise pikachu face *
what does the mayor make? She get a raise at first of year too? Just wondering
They got paid 20 per hour….a cop….thats ridiculous
Police union knocking….
They’re tired of the stupid democrats and their pro crime anti sanity policies
A 5% raise during 10% inflation is meaningless.
A town that size does not need its own police department and will be just fine utilizing the county sheriffs department and state patrol just like every other small town in the sticks.
If she really was blindsided by this that makes her even worse for not realizing her entire police force was going to quit. Thats not something that just happens. Eithr she knew and didnt care, or she is so inept she didn’t know
5% pay raise and still only at $22 per hour and are surprised they left a police job you need a college degree to be in.. That area you need atleast $30-40+ per hour to start competing.
You have to have a college degree….to be a cop in Goodhue Minnesota????
I know where I am going to do some robbin’.
Sweet now if only the rest would follow suit we might have a good tea party. If only they had resigned over ethics instead of money
They always forget that the Employer is replaceable too
Apparently it’s not a good place to work if your entire police force resigns over low pay. If that happens, you’ve failed as a Mayor. Also, who was that delusional woman who said they could get by with three? Three what?? Police officers for a community of 1,200 people. Yeah….. No. Good thing there is a Sheriff’s department they can subcontract out the policing work to, as a temporary measure.
Well at least they’ll still have the county police or sheriff’s office.
Clearly a trap don’t fall for it boys!
Its greed to its core.
How much were they making?
they want cheaper lead catchers
Don’t worry. You still have your beloved criminals.
Blindsided is the most bs part of this. That isn’t possible. 7 people don’t give up their careers and risk the community backlash after a lunch the day prior. Years of issues and concerns with no attention left them no choice
It’s a great place to live and work… but they left only because of pay??? Or is it something else??? Maybe the news should be more like the news
Let the bullies and cowards go, replace them with good people.
And you know from personal experience that they’re all “bullies and cowards” I’m sure……
Now that the town is defenceless, the crime will sky-rocket
😂
One of the rookies should have stayed on board to get that instant promotion to chief.
“defund the police” working out just like the voters wanted. congrats
God dang, what’s with the colored hair people popping up everywhere?
A female mayor- there’s a problem right there!
Me: saw video title. Made a guess what the mayor would look like. Mayor was almost spot on to my guess😂😂😂
They were paying their police ~$46k annually? I’m not a huge fan of cops, but holy crap of course they all quit!
Whos to blame when the police are needed and there is no one to help? Will the Mayor go stop a crime? I don’t see that happening.
There goes the neighborhood.
Seeing what the mpd has done since 2016 alone I don’t believe any of the officers deserve a increase in income they should have to get a criminal justice degree and education in proper engagement with the community let alone if like to see everyone applying to be a police office go through de-escalation training and if they are unable to de-escalate they are unable to be officers. Also in this dream world of mine is like to see the people who can and want to go through all of that trouble in order to protect and take care of their community to have a wage of at least 80k a year with opportunity’s to grow in that position base on how the community feels about how their services. It’s probably not gonna happen but It’s nice to dream.
Yeah we’re are the officer interview and they say they got a raise but never mention how much they were actually being paid
Something doesn’t sound right. I think there should have been a interview with all of the Police Department. Instead we only get one side of it, think the Mayor may be a snake in human clothing.
Police services should be done by sheriff and state. Thousands of small municipal police force are unaffordable.
There’s such a national shortage of cops these guys can go and work literally anywhere. People are going to have to get used to a day soon when there really aren’t any cops, it’s not just a talking point. America has survived worse, it may be what the new generation wants.
The pigs are all cowards anyway. They shouldn’t be pigs now they’re gonna be on theey’re going to be
Now they’ll all be on welfare so nothing’s really changed
I don’t know the story, but clearly only one side is being told.
They all had to know their pay going into the job. Has to be wayyyy more to the story.
1200 people? My town is 1500. We are using the county sheriff’s deputies as law enforcement. Some even live here. You can’t tell me their county sheriff can’t provide adequate protection
This is why every law abiding citizen needs to arm themselves.
Hey hey hey gooooood byyye 😂😅
Guys… those cops probably make more than anyone else in that small town & it wasnt enough? What do teachers make in that town? What do the lunch people make in that town?
Im not saying we shouldnt raise wages across the board bc god knows the people working at McDonald’s or the teachers or the local trash guys need & deserve a raise but i promise these cops were making more than enough to live comfortably compared to the rest of the town’s citizens. To me this is some crybaby BS. The cops didn’t get the tank they wanted or something.