The city of Moose Lake, Minnesota, voted on Wednesday to disband its police force, citing budget constraints and a sharp decrease in staffing.
The Moose Lake City Council voted instead to contract with the Carlton County Sheriff’s Office for law enforcement, which will include four deputies working out of the city, according to the Star Tribune.
The council said this would be the cheaper option instead of paying a three-person police force after the city reduced the size of the department from five to three last fall to fund it properly. Before the reduction, two of the five officers resigned last fall, and two others resigned in January, leaving only one Moose Lake officer on the force.
Moose Lake is one of several small cities in Minnesota struggling to
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