Former Chief Brenda M. Jones was fired in 2013 by newly installed Mayor Debe Hollingsworth. Jones filed a lawsuit claiming that she was discriminated against on account of her race and sex, and in retaliation for having opposed discriminatory practices. ([libertarianinstitute.org](https://libertarianinstitute.org/everything-will/the-pine-bluff-pd-from-merely-dysfnctional-to-downright-deadly/?utm_source=openai))