Statesboro City Council has called a special meeting for 8:30 a.m. Thursday at City Hall to adopt an ordinance on providing police escorts for funeral processions. Effective Jan. 1, the Statesboro Police Department ceased providing free escorts for funerals, offering off-duty officers to be paid by funeral homes instead. City officials cited the demands on officer time with the department short of officers.
Special meeting to restore SPD funeral escorts
City to adopt new ordinance