Barbara Burnett v. Marianna Police Department and City of Marianna, Arkansas

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS DELTA DIVISION BARBARA BURNETT PLAINTIFF No. 2:23-cv-242-DPM MARIANNA POLICE DEPARTMENT and CITY OF MARIANNA, ARKANSAS DEFENDANTS ORDER Marianna is a town of a few thousand in the Arkansas Delta. Its police department is small—ten to fifteen officers, give or take. Doc. 19-1 at 79; Doc. 19-2 at 23-24. There are also family connections within the department. Barbara Burnett has worked there as a dispatcher for more than four decades. In recent years, she investigated internal affairs complaints, too. Her long career in the…