The police union in Bay City, Michigan may have gotten more than it bargained for after putting up provocative billboards to protest the layoff of five officers and spending on a new roof. The boards feature this:
“City Hall’s Roof Will Not Stop You From Getting: Beaten, Shot, Stabbed, Robbed. 5 Laid Off Bay City Cops Could Have!” one billboard reads.
The other one shows a masked gunman and reads, “POSSIBLE. The result of Bay City Commissioners laying off five police officers.”
A key public official isn’t amused and is calling the union’s bluff. (emphasis is mine)
Shannon said if the billboards are to be taken seriously and the police force believes it has lost its ability to protect and service, “it really forces me as commission president in Bay City, Mich., to put together a committee to explore contracting services out to the sheriff’s department” and other local law enforcement agencies.
“If they cannot do their job…we have to consider alternatives to provide public safety,” he said.
