City of California holds meeting over police department issues

CALIFORNIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

California's Board of Aldermen planned to have a special meeting Friday to talk about issues in the small town's police department.

Moniteau County Sheriff Tony Wheatley wrote in an email Friday to ABC 17 News that his department was working to ensure California has law enforcement coverage. Wheatley wrote that the city's mayor told him about the emergency meeting during a brief conversation.

Wheatley wrote that he heard the department had several recent resignations and might only have two officers on staff in the city of about 4,500 that is Moniteau County's seat of government.

A tentative agenda posted on California City Hall says the meeting will focus on police department "concerns" but does not specify what they are.

The meeting was scheduled to begin at 6 p.m.

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