By Police1 Staff

LOS RAMONES, Mexico — It’s not uncommon for Mexican police to resign because of attacks or threats from drug gangs. This is quite different.

The entire department in the small town of Los Ramones quit after an attack on the department’s new headquarters earlier this week. All 14 officers resigned one day after the building was riddled with thousands of bullets and grenades.

None of the cops were harmed; they hid on the floor of a back room. One K-9 was killed, however.

Prior to the beginning of 2010, Los Ramones and the surrounding areas were pretty peaceful, but a conflict among drug gangs has escalated. Police departments have been regularly attacked and several mayors have been killed since the start of the year.

How the department will approach the matter going forward is not yet clear.