Mt. Carmel Police Chief Ryan Turner addressed a couple of concerns at last week’s City Council meeting. The first being babies and small children riding unsafely as passengers on golf carts. He said golf cart drivers need to use common sense and protect their passengers to avoid a tragedy. Turner said there have been no accidents yet involving golf carts, but it seems those drivers are becoming lax with basic safety rules and common sense.

The second issue was recent social media posts criticizing officers’ response to barking dog complaints. Turner said officers respond to all calls, but are limited in what they can do in writing tickets… 

 Turner also said the animal control officer can’t be expected to respond to calls at all hours of the night.