Gulfport City Council
Unanimous Vote Needed to Outsource Gulfport Police
Gulfport City Council is making it tougher for city leaders to make changes to the Gulfport Police Department - including any decisions about dissolving the department.
The majority of Gulfport City Council members believe they reached a compromise Tuesday night regarding any decisions about outsourcing the Gulfport Police Department in the future. Several months ago Ward 4 Councilor Dan Liedtke asked elected officials to discuss and consider making the Gulfport Police Department a "chartered department," basically making it mandatory for the public to vote on any changes within the department - including contracting services or dissolving the Gulfport Police Department. Since then, council members scaled back the move and instead discussed increasing the city council vote needed to make changes. During Tuesday night's regular council meeting, three members voted yes, during second reading, to require a …
