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Brooklet Police Department could be dissolved
Council to discuss whether to keep police or hand the job over to Bulloch sheriff's office
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Tonight, Brooklet City Council members will hear from residents who are unhappy with the council’s consideration of a plan to eliminate the town’s police department.Bulloch County Sheriff’s Chief Deputy Jared Akins and Sheriff Lynn Anderson will address the council tonight regarding a proposal for the sheriff’s office to take over patrol and law enforcement within the city, Akins confirmed Wednesday.Brooklet City Council members contacted the sheriff’s office earlier this month asking for a proposal regarding the possibility, he said.The council agenda lists an “open discussion concerning the proposal for contractual services for the town of Brooklet by the Bulloch County Sheriff’s Office, Sheriff Lynn Anderson.”The council meeting will be held at 7 p.m. today at Brooklet City Hall. Brooklet resident Charlie Howell, whose son-in-law is a Brooklet police officer, is listed as a guest who will pose questions about the matter.Kim Ellerbee, who founded a Facebook page titled “Support Brooklet Police,” opposes the idea. On the page, she shared a copy of a letter written by Brooklet resident Gilbert E. Howard and said she sent the letter to the state Attorney General’s Office.Howard’s letter includes reference to issues he said concern the police department.
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