Mississippi city seeks new police chief after resignation
By The Associated Press May 26, 2021
SALTILLO A north Mississippi police department is looking for a new chief.
Saltillo Police Chief Grant Bailey turned in his resignation Monday, after eight years in the post. His last day will be May 31, The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal reported.
“I was looking for a change in my life for personal reasons,” Bailey said. “The new administration coming in had nothing to do with this. I have been doing some soul searching for the last few months and thinking about getting out of law enforcement for a while. Being a police officer is a calling and right now, something else is calling me.”
Mississippi city seeks new police chief after resignation
May 21, 2021
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SALTILLO, Miss. (AP) A north Mississippi police department is looking for a new chief.
Saltillo Police Chief Grant Bailey turned in his resignation Monday, after eight years in the post. His last day will be May 31, The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal reported.
“I was looking for a change in my life for personal reasons,” Bailey said. “The new administration coming in had nothing to do with this. I have been doing some soul searching for the last few months and thinking about getting out of law enforcement for a while. Being a police officer is a calling and right now, something else is calling me.”
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In this file photo, Saltillo Police Chief Grant Bailey shows off the plaque he received on behalf of the department for their efforts to notify citizens of weather and road conditions during the February ice storm in North Mississippi. Bailey will resign from the police department at the end of the month, bringing to an end a career with the Saltillo Police Department that stretched more than two decades.
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SALTILLO ⢠Saltillo voters will have two or more mayoral candidates from which to choose when they got to the polls later this year.
Incumbent Rex Smith qualified for re-election on Jan. 4 as a Republican; current alderman Copey Grantham said he plans to qualify Monday as a Republican; and Saltillo police officer Dylan Whitt said he is considering a run for mayor. If he runs, it will be as a Republican.
In an exclusive interview with the Daily Journal, Grantham, 36, said he had originally planned to run for his current position as city alderman for another term, but recently decided to aim for the higher position in city government.