cities like the one where you live probably facing some tough economic times. we ve been talking a lot about spending cuts, school closures making headlines. but it s not just education really that s taking a hit. consider this small town that s in georgia. it s called monticello. hit by the same economic slowdown and falling revenues as so many other cities. city leaders like their count counterparts around the country are being forced to make some really tough tradeoffs. in this case a possible shutdown of the entire police department. reporter: detective roberta anderson has spent 19 years protecting the small rural city of monticello, georgia, and about 2,500 people. is this an area that you re more concerned about? what areas this is the area. this is mason street. reporter: but soon she may have to hang up her badge for good. it s just a shock to
police officers their old gun and rent the mayor s office in city hall. a motion to save the police department failed. motion falls by a vote of 2-3. for now detective anderson and her two remaining colleagues are still on patrol, hopeful that somehow somewhere the city will find the money to keep them on the beat well past summer and the seemingly unrelenting economic downturn. closing the police department is a drastic move but not unheard of. byesville, ohio is the same size and the police department will close the end of the moi. highwood, illinois is considering the same move as is auburn, michigan. population 2,000. stau tuned. call it a response and maybe an alternative to the tea party. they gather today in coffee houses across the nation. what are they trying to accomplish? a woman who founded the group will join me and i ll ask her about all that.
talk about education spending cuts. it s making headlines across the country. it s not just education taking a hit. we head to a small town in georgia, monticello, it s hit by the same economic slowdown and falling revenues like so many other places. city leaders there, like their counterparts all around the country are forced to make some really tough tradeoffs. in this georgia town, they re about to shutdown the police department. detective roberta anderson has spent 19 years protecting monticello, georgia. and about 2,500 people. is this an area you re more concerned about? this is mason street. reporter: but soon she may have to hang up her badge for good. it s just a shock to everybody. nobody believed it, i couldn t believe it. but it was sad that they no money, so they cannot afford to fund the police department. and it was cut. reporter: in february, the
it will last into tomorrow. the winds diminishing tomorrow, but still a lot of rain and a lot of travel problems as well as the flood. we ll have a complete report with all of this on give you a wrap-up tonight at 10:00 eastern. thank you very much. we appreciate that. education, spending cuts, and school closures are making a lot of headlines around the country, but it s not just education taking a hit. consider the small georgia town of monticello hit by the same economic slowdown and revenues. elected officials there are forced to make tough tradeoffs, and in this georgia town they re about to shut down the police department. take a look. detective roberta anderson has spent 19 years protecting the small rural city, and about 2500 people. is this an area you re more concerned about? this is the area, yes. this is mason treat. but soon she may have to hang up her herr badge for good. it s a shock to everybody,
detective roberta anderson has spent 19 years protecting the small rural city of monticello, georgia, and about 2, 500 people. is this an area you re more concerned about? this is mason street. reporter: soon she may have to hang up her badge for good. it s just a shock to everybody. nobody believed it. i couldn t believe it. it was said that they have no money so they cannot afford to form the police department and it was cut. reporter: in february the city council reduced the police force, now there s just three officers. the mayor says barring a miracle the entire department will probably be gone by july. you don t have enough reserve or anything to get through this economic downfall, to keep a police department? unfortunately we have no reserve. reporter: mayor glen newsom calls it the perfect economic storm, just as the city was dealing with nationwide problems like declining tax dollars, real