During the first debate of Mobile’s mayoral race, candidates shared conflicting views on police procedures and whether mayors should receive a taxpayer-funded pension, while repeating talking points about crime and blight many voters have already heard.

Former Mobile judge Spiro Cheriogotis, Democratic state lawmaker Barbara Drummond, Mobile County Commissioner Connie Hudson and former Mobile police chief Paul Prine took part in an hour-long debate broadcast live by WKRG News 5 Monday night, after participating in mayoral forums over the past few months that largely shied away from controversial topics.

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