An entire Georgia police force walked off the job after the chief accused the mayor of secretly placing a GPS tracker on his personal truck — and the mayor refused to deny it.

When the people sworn to protect a community can't trust the person running City Hall, they leave. That's what just happened in Milner, Georgia, population roughly 600. Police Chief Lamar Bunn, all five full-time officers, most reserve officers, and City Manager Tausha Grose all submitted resignations at an Oct. 19 City Council meeting. The police department's last day is Oct. 28.

The core allegation: Bunn says someone at City Hall put a tracking device on his personal vehicle, purchased with personal funds, without the knowledge of the City Council, his supervisor, or the city administrator. When directly asked during the council meeting whether he was responsible for placing the tracker, Mayor Craig Timmons declined to comment, according to the Augusta Chronicle.

"City Hall every day, it's got a tracker on my truck, it was bought with personal funds and placed on my vehicle without the city council or my supervisor, city administrator knowing it," Bunn said at the meeting.

Bunn also said he had been falsely accused of having an affair with Grose. Fox News reported that officials had previously clashed over police overtime and a proposal to bar officers from using city vehicles for part-time work, but those disputes were not cited as the reason for the resignations.

Grose, who had served the city for six years, announced her resignation the same night. "The trust is gone. I have been rendered ineffective in my position," she said, according to CBS Atlanta.

In his resignation letter, Bunn cited "fundamental differences regarding leadership, governance, and ethical alignment," writing that "recent actions and governance decisions within city leadership — specifically regarding legal compliance, ethical standards, and core values — have compromised my ability to perform my duties with integrity."

Milner Police Captain Craig Walton went further, calling in his resignation letter for an independent investigation into Timmons' conduct, "including any potential violations of his oath of office or the rights of city employees."

The Augusta Chronicle noted twice in its reporting that the tracking allegation has not been established as fact. That's fair — but Timmons had the opportunity to deny it on the record and chose silence instead. When a mayor won't answer a straight question about whether he surveilled his own police chief, that silence speaks.

Timmons acknowledged concerns at the meeting and said he hoped the situation could be resolved. Fox News Digital reached out to him for further comment.

As of Oct. 28, Milner will have no full-time police force. The residents who depend on that protection are the ones left holding the bag. One officer's resignation letter, obtained by the Augusta Chronicle, cited concerns about the judgment and decision-making of Timmons and certain council members regarding the police department. Walton called for an investigation. Nobody has announced one.

A police chief says his own mayor tracked his truck. The mayor won't say yes or no. The entire department leaves. And so far, no authority is stepping in to find out what actually happened. That's not a dispute — that's a accountability vacuum.