Let’s Look at the Facts

LIBERTY, October 12, 2008 - The City of Liberty has had difficulties with unprofessional conduct after Billy Tidwell was our Chief of Police some years age.

Unlike previous difficulties under the previous Chief that involved unprofessional conduct and violations of policy, the allegations now allege Criminal Conduct on the part of high-ranking police officials.

Let’s look at the facts. City of Liberty Police Chief Mike Cummings has been at his post as Liberty’s Police Chief for less than two years. Shortly after City Council hired Cummings to be the Chief of the Police Department he evaluated the department and requested that City Council give his department additional equipment, patrol vehicles and additional officers at a cost of hundred’s of thousands of dollars. The request was granted by City Council.

In the several months since that time, the Police Department while under the management of Chief Cummings has caused City management to hire a private investigator at considerable expense to investigate civil and criminal allegations involving his department. Additionally as part of that investigation the services of a polygraph examiner were employed at City expense to conduct polygraph examinations of several people.

The taxpayer deserves a better return on the investment that City Fathers made in the Police Department. It’s time for City Fathers to act quickly to bring this situation to conclusion and put a stop to the serious hemorrhaging of hard earned Taxpayer dollars.

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