CROSS COUNTY, Ark. — A town in Cross County, Arkansas no longer has its own police department.
Cross County Sheriff J.R. Smith confirmed to WREG he received a letter from Mayor Willie Patterson on Thursday saying the Parkin Police Department was to be disbanded as of 4 p.m. today.
Smith said his office is taking calls until further notice.
According to KAIT, former Chief of Police Charles Wilson said he was told the department was closed due to a lack of funding.
Ten officers and four dispatchers are now without a job and an entire town without its police department.
WREG reached out to Mayor Patterson for comment.
He said he would speak with us on Friday.
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