The Hanceville City Council on Monday voted unanimously to rebuild the city’s beleaguered police department and hire a new chief in the wake of indictments handed down against the top cop and four officers.

Cullman County Sheriff Matt Gentry took to the microphone Monday night at the Hanceville City Council meeting to dispel rumors and answer questions from the council and the community. Gentry said as his deputies handle law enforcement in Hanceville,

The Hanceville City Council voted Monday night to suspend its police department until a new police chief can be hired. That chief will be tasked with building a new police department from the

An Alabama city is moving to replace and rebuild its entire police department after a grand jury found a “rampant culture of corruption” on the small police force.

Hanceville City Council members voted Monday evening to suspend the department and immediately begin the search for a new police chief.

Two weeks after tabling final discussions on the future of its police force, the Hanceville City Council has decided to keep its problematic agency but will start over by rebuilding it from the ground up with a new chief and staff.

A small Alabama city has been roiled by accusations that the local police department has a “rampant culture of corruption.”