West Union losing its police force

Two resignations in the same week are decimating the police department in the small town of West Union. Mayor Linda Oliver this morning announced the resignation of a second officer, Austin Watson, effective Thursday, September 25. According to Oliver, Watson will join the police force in adjoining Walhalla. West Union is also in the market for a new chief of police. After six years, Mike Eppes is leaving West Union October 1 to join the Westminster Police Department. Oliver vows her town will rebuild its force.