''Flint Town'' is an eight episode American documentary television series that was released on

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on March 2, 2018. The documentary focuses on the thoughts and conflicted emotions of police officers serving to protect urban areas of

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(unofficially nicknamed "Flint Town") struggling with poverty, crime, financially strapped public services and the Flint water crisis. The series covers a period from November 2015 to early 2017, the same time frame as the 2016 presidential election. The department captured on-screen is down from 300 officers to 98 for 100,000 people, the lowest number out of comparably sized cities. Over the course of the episodes, the police faced a crucial

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vote and a city government wrangling over funding.

Cast

*Bridgette Balasko – police officer; later officer, CATT (Crime Area Target Team) squad; aspires to be a Federal Investigator; later Homicide Detective *Devon Bernritter – Captain *John Boismier – K-9 Officer *Esther Campbell – Sergeant *

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– Democratic Presidential Candidate *Jessica Dupnack –

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News Reporter *Robert Frost – Sergeant *Timothy Johnson – Chief of Police, appointed by Mayor Karen Weaver *Dion Reed – LERTA Cadet turned police officer, son of Maria *Maria Reed – LERTA Cadet turned police officer, mother of Dion *

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– Democratic Presidential Candidate *

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*Lewis Spears – Police Reserve Volunteer *James Tolbert – former Chief of Police, fired by Mayor Karen Weaver *

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– 45th President of The United States of America *Jazmin Tuttle – fiancé of Dion Reed *Keith Urquhart – Sergeant, CATT squad *Scott Watson – officer, CATT squad *

Karen Weaver Karen Williams Weaver is an American psychologist and politician who was the mayor of Flint, Michigan, from 2015 to 2019. She was the first female mayor of the city and the 5th African-American to hold the office. Weaver is a member of the Demo ...

– Newly elected Mayor of Flint *James Wheeler – Field Training Officer *Brian Willingham – police officer

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