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Small Georgia town’s mayor doesn’t know what happens next after firing entire police department

Georgia](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/state-of-georgia) called a special meeting on Friday evening to discuss reinstating the [police](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/us-police) department after the mayor fired the chief and all the officers. The notice for the meeting

Georgia mayor who fired town’s entire police force resigns, citing family ‘health concerns’

Georgia has resigned shortly after [firing](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/08/cohutta-georgia-mayor-fires-police-department) his community’s entire police department, a step that the local governing council ultimately reversed – but that he nonetheless took amid a political spat pitting