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South Carolina town left without police force amid concerns over meddling mayor: report

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A South Carolina town has been left without a police force to patrol its population of roughly 2,000 people, according to a report.

Lexington County’s small town of Pine Ridge typically boasts a police force made up of a maximum of three full-time officers plus part-time police department personnel.

But its interim police chief resigned in mid-October, with five officers subsequently following suit, The (Columbia) State reported.

Interim Police Chief Vincent Silano was Pine Ridge’s only full-time officer before he resigned on Oct. 13, telling Mayor Robert Wells and the town council that the mayor constantly meddles in police matters and micromanages the department, according to Silano’s resignation letter, obtained by the outlet. “It has.

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