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Residents respond to closure of Timpson Police Department The final day for the last remaining police department employee is tomorrow. Residents respond to closure of Timpson Police Department By Jeremy Thomas | March 3, 2021 at 7:02 PM CST - Updated March 3 at 10:32 PM TIMPSON, Texas (KTRE) - Citing declining revenue from multiple sources due to COVID-19, the Timpson City Council took the recommendation of Mayor Debra Smith and voted Monday to close the city’s police department. The final day for the last remaining police department employee is Thursday. “People are scared, and people need hope,” Shelby County resident Laura Carroll said. Carroll is a paramedic with the City’s Volunteer Ambulance Service. She said her concern is having limited coverage there for safety.

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