article_snippet.sent: Tyrus Byrd, 40, was sworn into office in Parma last week, but her election victory was overshadowed by the departure of the majority of the police force, the city attorney, clerk and water treatment supervisor.
article_snippet.sent: Tyrus Byrd, who was sworn in as mayor last week, must find replacements for five of a tiny Missouri city's six police officers, the city attorney, the city clerk and the water treatment supervisor.
article_snippet.sent: Mrs Byrd told Daily Mail Online that the election of the first African American mayor should be celebrated instead of focusing on the departures of city employees.
article_snippet.sent: Tyrus Byrd (right) was sworn into office in Parma last week, but Tyrus Byrd (right) election victory was overshadowed by the reported departure of the majority of the police force, the city's attorney, clerk and water treatment supervisor .
article_snippet.sent: Barry Aycock, who has served as an alderman, told the Daily Mail Online the election and the consequences are the same as usual and his hardly sees the police out on patrol.
highlights_snippet.sent: Tyrus Byrd was elected into office in the small city of Parma last week .
  