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'''Mike Jones''' is the former owner of [[Event Operations Group]] in [[Pelham]], former president of the [[Helena City Council]], and former chief of the [[Brookside Police Department]]. | '''Mike Jones''' is the former owner of [[Event Operations Group]] in [[Pelham]], former president of the [[Helena City Council]], and former chief of the [[Brookside Police Department]]. | ||
Jones founded his event management business in [[2006]], employing thousands of part-time workers as a contractor to event producers. By [[2011]] Jones had been named a "Top 40 Under 40" business leader and had 33 full- | Jones founded his event management business in [[2006]], employing thousands of part-time workers as a contractor to event producers. By [[2011]] Jones had been named a "Top 40 Under 40" business leader and had 33 full-time employees at newly-opened offices in the [[Oak Mountain Business Park]]. | ||
In [[2018]] the company no longer occupied its offices and was being sued by lenders, insurers and vendors for hundreds of thousands of dollars in unpaid bills. That same year, Jones was hired as chief of police for [[Brookside]]. Under his command, the department grew rapidly, earning enormous revenues from citations issued in traffic stops. The practices were detailed in a January [[2022]] column by [[John Archibald]] for {{BN}}, and he subsequently resigned his position. | In [[2018]] the company no longer occupied its offices and was being sued by lenders, insurers and vendors for hundreds of thousands of dollars in unpaid bills. That same year, Jones was hired as chief of police for [[Brookside]]. Under his command, the department grew rapidly, earning enormous revenues from citations issued in traffic stops. The practices were detailed in a January [[2022]] column by [[John Archibald]] for {{BN}}, and he subsequently resigned his position. | ||
Revision as of 23:43, 26 January 2022
Mike Jones is the former owner of Event Operations Group in Pelham, former president of the Helena City Council, and former chief of the Brookside Police Department.
Jones founded his event management business in 2006, employing thousands of part-time workers as a contractor to event producers. By 2011 Jones had been named a "Top 40 Under 40" business leader and had 33 full-time employees at newly-opened offices in the Oak Mountain Business Park.
In 2018 the company no longer occupied its offices and was being sued by lenders, insurers and vendors for hundreds of thousands of dollars in unpaid bills. That same year, Jones was hired as chief of police for Brookside. Under his command, the department grew rapidly, earning enormous revenues from citations issued in traffic stops. The practices were detailed in a January 2022 column by John Archibald for The Birmingham News, and he subsequently resigned his position.
References
- Chapman, Beth (October 10, 2011) "Mike Jones and Event Operations Group continues award-winning work" Shelby County Reporter
- Gould, Cynthia (November 15, 2018) "Helena Council President dodges questions about his private business' unpaid bills" ABC3340.com
- Archibald, John (January 19, 2022) "Police in this tiny Alabama town suck drivers into legal ‘black hole’" The Birmingham News
- Archibald, John (January 25, 2022) "Brookside Police Chief Mike Jones resigns after AL.com report on traffic trap" The Birmingham News