{"id":282,"date":"2024-08-07T20:08:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-07T20:08:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-10-07T20:50:15","modified_gmt":"2024-10-07T20:50:15","slug":"council-member-thomas-and-malone-question-police-chief-on-shooting-reduction-in-personnel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adntesting.online\/chambersledger\/2024\/08\/07\/council-member-thomas-and-malone-question-police-chief-on-shooting-reduction-in-personnel\/","title":{"rendered":"Council Member Thomas and Malone Question Police Chief on Shooting , Reduction in Personnel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/adntesting.online\/chambersledger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_2017.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"270\" data-original-width=\"1290\" height=\"67\" src=\"https:\/\/adntesting.online\/chambersledger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_2017-300x63.jpg\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">At Monday&#8217;s Mayor and Council Meeting, Council Members Angela Thomas and Tony Malone questioned Police Chief&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;\">Denise McCain<\/span><span style=\"background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;\">&nbsp;on a shooting that transpired earlier in the month at a Back to School Bash in the parking lot area at Goodsell United Methodist Church&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;\">on North 6th Avenue<\/span><span style=\"background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;\">&nbsp;as well as a reduction in patrol officers.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><iframe allowfullscreen=\"\" height=\"266\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pW8D4JZMpoc\" width=\"320\" youtube-src-><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;\">Malone followed up a discussion he had with&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;\">McCain during a council meeting last month on the subject of officers to which the Lanett Police Chief stated that it was due to pay.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;\">Worth noting, that the shooting was isolated and that&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;\">charges had been brought against the assailant or&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;\">assailant&#8217;s<\/span><span style=\"background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;\">.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;\">Lanett currently has&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; 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