Milner Police Force and City Manager Plan to Resign

Milner’s five full-time police officers, including Chief Lamar Bunn, are set to leave the Georgia city on October 28, while City Manager Tausha Grose plans to resign two days later, city officials said. The departures, announced at a City Council meeting on October 19, would leave Milner without its full-time police force and city manager unless plans change. Grose told council members that most reserve officers would also leave. Bunn had submitted his resignation on October 16, according to one account, while the other officers are expected to remain on duty through October 28. Grose said her resignation would take effect October 30. The departures follow a dispute between city personnel and Mayor Craig Timmons. Bunn alleged at the meeting that Timmons placed a tracking device on his truck without authorization and said city cameras had been used to monitor him. The allegation has not been independently established in the reporting. Timmons declined to confirm or deny installing a tracker in comments described by one local account, and said he hoped the situation could be resolved. Bunn also denied an alleged affair with Grose. In his resignation letter, he cited fundamental...