Leaders of a small Virginia town voted Tuesday night to keep funding its police department, a week after the town council tried to dismantle it without public input or warning. Town residents have had problems with the council before,

A Virginia town has reversed a decision to dissolve its police department after citizen backlash. Purcellville residents protested, forcing officials to reconsider the controversial proposal.

Town leaders in Purcellville, Va. voted to keep the town's police department after a resolution that proposed dissolving it.