A grand jury recommended abolishing a small Alabama police department because of a “rampant culture of corruption” after charging five officers with a variety of crimes, officials announced Wednesday.

The recommendation came after an investigation into the death of a dispatcher last August found the department rife with "general incompetence" and "negligence."

A small Alabama city has placed its entire police force on administrative leave a day after a grand jury recommended the department be abolished

The Hanceville police chief and four of his officers are accused of mishandling or removing materials from the department's evidence room.

An Alabama grand jury has recommended that the Hanceville Police Department be "immediately abolished," prosecutors said Wednesday.