Editing Poulan, Georgia (section)

== Controversy ==
In December 2007, then Police Chief Angie Schlosser, was fired from the Poulan Police Department after the city claimed she had performed an illegal background investigation into a city council member.<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 12, 2007 |title=Poulan police chief fired |url=https://www.walb.com/story/7463627/poulan-police-chief-fired/ |access-date=2024-08-29 |website=www.walb.com |language=en}}</ref> While Schlosser denied the allegations, she stated that there were concerns about the background and supposed criminal past of the council member.<ref name="Poulan police chief fired">{{Cite web |date=2007-12-07 |title=Poulan police chief fired |url=https://www.walb.com/story/7463627/poulan-police-chief-fired/ |access-date=2024-08-29 |website=www.walb.com |language=en}}</ref> Despite the seriousness of the allegation, Schlosser was never charged with a crime, and no outside investigation was conducted.<ref name="Poulan police chief fired"/>

In September 2012, then Poulan Mayor, Dustin Grubbs, was arrested in [[Dougherty County, Georgia|Dougherty County]] and charged with felony possession of various narcotic prescription pills<ref name="wallace">{{Cite web |last=Wallace |first=Jim |date=2012-09-07 |title=Poulan Mayor arrested on drug charges |url=https://www.walb.com/story/19482542/poulan-mayor-arrested-on-drug-charges/ |access-date=2024-08-25 |website=walb.com |language=en}}</ref> including [[oxycodone]], [[oxycontin]], and two different mixtures of [[Vicodin]] in different dosages with a total prescription pill count of 57. The arrest showcased the continued synthetic opioid epidemic in the United States.<ref name="wallace" /> Despite the charges, Grubbs remained the Mayor of Poulan until his death in October 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-10-12 |title=Poulan mayor dies |url=https://www.walb.com/2020/10/12/poulan-mayor-dies/ |access-date=2024-08-25 |website=walb.com |language=en}}</ref>

In August 2017, Rosemary Jones, a police officer employed by Poulan Police, was arrested and charged by the [[Georgia Bureau of Investigation]] (along with her husband) with two counts of felony cruelty to children in the first degree, two counts of aggravated assault, and one count of felony false imprisonment.<ref>{{Cite web |title=GBI Arrests Couple on Child Abuse Charges in Worth County |url=https://gbi.georgia.gov/press-releases/2017-08-22/gbi-arrests-couple-child-abuse-charges-worth-county |access-date=2024-08-28 |website=gbi.georgia.gov |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Miller |first=Dave |date=2017-08-22 |title=Police officer couple arrested for child abuse |url=https://www.walb.com/story/36189906/police-officer-couple-arrested-for-child-abuse/ |access-date=2024-08-28 |website=walb.com |language=en}}</ref> Their arrest made national<ref>{{Cite news |last=undefined |title=South Georgia couple, both police officers, charged with child abuse |url=https://www.ajc.com/news/local/south-georgia-couple-both-police-officers-charged-with-child-abuse/lctc6VngfK8OL1uXNSGswK/ |access-date=2024-08-28 |work=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution |language=English |issn=1539-7459}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-08-23 |title=Married police officers arrested for abusing adopted children |url=https://www.crimeonline.com/2017/08/23/mom-and-dad-police-officers-arrested-for-child-abuse/ |access-date=2024-08-28 |website=Crime Online |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |work=N.Y. Post |date=2017-08-22 |title=Police officer couple arrested for mistreating adopted kids |url=https://nypost.com/2017/08/22/police-officer-couple-arrested-for-mistreating-adopted-kids/ |access-date=2024-08-28 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=August 24, 2017 |title=Police officers charged with mistreating their children. |url=https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/aug/24/police-officers-charged-with-mistreating-their-chi/ |access-date=August 28, 2024 |website=Washington Times}}</ref> and international news.<ref>{{Cite web |agency=Associated Press |date=2017-08-22 |title=Couple who are both police accused of mistreating children |url=https://apnews.com/general-news-regional-us-national-national-44c0d5f6fb2e4e199349b51813b1fb16 |access-date=2024-08-28 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref> Despite the arrest, Jones was retained by the Poulan Police Department, and eventually promoted to [[captain]].<ref name="police" />