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Clayton County, GA. - Clayton County Sheriff Kem Kimbrough is firing back after the county police chief wrote a scathing letter criticizing his hiring of officers the chief has fired.

Greg Porter wrote the letter to Clayton County Chairman Eldrin Bell.

In it, the chief says "in his 26 years as a peace officer he has never witnessed such irresponsible acts by a law enforcement official."

Porter goes on to refer to Kimbrough's "questionable judgment and borderline unethical tactics."

Channel 2's Tom Jones showed the letter to Kimbrough who said he hadn't seen it prior to that.

"I mean I'm shocked. I'm shocked to read this letter," Kimbrough said. "You know that's his choice of words. Out of respect, that's not something that I would ever say about Chief Porter."

Kimbrough recently hired three officers Porter fired. In the letter, Porter said the officers violated a citizen's civil rights and violated other departmental policies. Porter said Kimbrough never came by the department to check the officer's files.
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