While the Ringgold (Georgia) City Council decides whether to open an official investigation into allegations by the city’s former police chief before and since he has resigned, some city employees showed their support for the city manager who has found himself in hot water.
Dan Bilbrey, the former police chief who publicly resigned two weeks ago, gave a passionate speech about how his department is underfunded, overlooked and how morale among his employees was consistently low.
Bilbrey also told the Times Free Press that Dan Wright, Ringgold’s city manager, put a tracking device on his car without his knowledge. Wright declined to comment on the allegation.
Mayor Nick Millwood took Bilbrey’s resignation as an indictment not on one employee within the city but on the entire city council.
He also said he took it personally when Bilbrey resigned in such a public way.