Cop says he wants to hit Atlanta mayor with bat

The police union leader in Atlanta says he's sorry for telling City Council members that he wants to hit the mayor with a baseball bat.

Sgt. Scott Kreher said at a meeting Wednesday that when he thinks about the difficulty some officers are having getting workers' compensation from the city, "I want to beat (the mayor) in the head with a baseball bat."

He told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Thursday that he's sorry. He says repeated requests to meet with Mayor Shirley Franklin have been ignored, and frustration pushed him to say he felt like clubbing her with a bat.

The mayor was out of town, but her office released a statement calling Kreher's remarks deplorable.