The entire Alabama State Police Department has been disbanded after an officer sent a racist text message, officials said, handing enforcement to the local sheriff’s department.
The police department in Vincent, Alabama — a community of about 2,000 people about 45 minutes southeast of Birmingham — was disbanded last week, including the firing of the police chief and assistant chief, Al.com reported. .
“We passed a resolution to pass an ordinance to dissolve the police department,” Mayor James Latimore told Aluminum Network, The website of the Birmingham News.
On Sunday, the Vincent Police Department website provided no information; previously, Al.com reported that it listed three members: the police chief, the assistant chief and a police officer. The council voted to suspend department members before deciding to fire them.
The Shelby County Sheriff’s Office told Sunday independent It is handling law enforcement calls from the area.
Messages left for the police department and Mayor Vincent were not immediately returned on Sunday.
The show begins with a text message allegedly sent by a member of the department containing a joke about a pregnant slave.
At a council meeting on text and departments, Assemblyman Corey Abrams said the situation “has torn apart the community.
“As long as we’re the right people, it doesn’t matter what color we are,” Mr Abrams said, according to Al.com.