Ever since the discovery that the city was out of budgetary funds for the rest of the fiscal year, local services like trash collection have come to a halt, leaving heaps of garbage by large collection bins, as well as even laid out on the street. Rising temperatures have been making this worse, of course, as the heat amplifies the smell throughout the city.
Thankfully, trash collection has resumed with help from another city department greatly affected by the budget crisis. Beginning last week, officers with the Hathian Police Department have been using their resources to pick up trash around the city, namely the very criminals that await bail for their various, and sometimes multiple, infractions.
Surprisingly, this came about without a call to action from anyone else, as the HPD took it upon themselves to carry out this task. “It had to be done. City smells like shit”, says Lieutenant Ram Kone. “Special thanks to Detective Tyr Coletti-Hird, Officers Kyna MacMannus, and Ayeli Makavelli for their efforts.” They were able to collect over half of the trash littered around Hathian. Now, local waste management will be continuing the task. A source close to the group whispers rumor that the men may have been given incentives to continue working without pay, as a few known women were seen leaving the Union office late in the night on Monday, but little evidence exists of any connection to their sudden desire to return to work.
