The Marion County Sheriff’s Office has assumed control over the Dunnellon Police Department for at least the next three months as the department seeks a

Marion County Sheriff Billy Woods will temporarily oversee Dunnellon's law enforcement services. “It sounds like the sheriff's department is going to work really well with the council to get the crime and everything that needs to be taken care of," said Misty Dawn Perry, a Dunnellon resident.

All remaining employees of the Hanceville Police Department have been placed on administrative leave, and the Cullman County Sheriff’s Office will temporarily take over the city’s protection. Hanceville Mayor Jimmy Sawyer and Sheriff Matt Gentry met Thursday following the indictments of the city’s police chief and four other officers on corruption charges and a scathing grand jury

On Thursday, the Cullman County Sheriff's Office announced that it will be taking law enforcement after the entire Hanceville Police Department was put on leave.