When You Really Need a Drink

Thanks to the AP for this one...my question is...if you're Police Chief, shouldn't you be able to either a) confiscate beer from minors, or b) buy the police department some of its own? You gotta love people in the fly-over states. Or any state where the police chief is trying to get loaded on duty.

WILSON, Kansas (AP) -- A small-town police chief was fired this week after he was convicted of stealing beer from the fire department's refrigerator.

The Wilson City Council on Monday fired Chief Brian Hill, effective January 25. He has the option of a hearing within the next two weeks.

Hill was arrested August 1 after a surveillance tape showed him taking the beer. He was convicted of misdemeanor theft December 26 and given probation.

He had been suspended without pay pending an appeal of the conviction.

Authorities did not disclose how much beer was stolen, or why it was in the fire department. A warrant put the value of the beer at less than $1,000.

The two departments share a building, and the door separating the offices usually was unlocked, officials said.