Georgia mayor’s secret tracker on chief’s car triggers mass exit

MILNER, Ga. — At a meeting Monday, the Milner City Council confirmed reports that the city’s mayor personally paid for a tracker that was placed on the police chief’s vehicle and a camera near City Hall.That action contributed to the entire small police agency- Police Chief Lamar Bunn, five full-time officers, and most reserve staff— resigning after a complete breakdown of trust with Mayor Craig Timmons.City Council provided a brief explanation of why the mayor took these actions.“Beginning in some time of late August, early September, Mayor Timmons saw what he believed to be a problem with personnel work hours. Without first bringing those issues to the council as required in our charter, he took it upon himself to purchase a tracker with personal funds and place that tracker on Chief Bunn’s vehicle, which is a city-owned vehicle. He then placed a camera on private property facing City HallThe resignations of the police force take effect Wednesday.The friction also cost the city its t