Following the election of the town’s first
African-American mayor, five of the six
officers on a small Missouri town police force
resigned en masse, reports KFVS.



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Former city clerk Tyrus Byrd was sworn in as
mayor of Parma, Missouri on Tuesday only to
find out that police officers, as well as the city
attorney and a water treatment supervisor, had
resigned before she took office.
According to outgoing Mayor Randall Ramsey,
who is stepping down after 37 years in town hall
over two terms, the city employees gave no prior
notice.
Residents of the town, some pointing out that the
town was probably over-staffed with police, were
unconcerned about their safety after the two full-
time and three part-time officers quit.
“I think it was pretty dirty the way they all quit
without giving her a chance,” resident Martha
Miller said. “But I don’t think they hurt the town
by quitting, because who needs six police for 740
people?”