The entire staff of a North Carolina police department has resigned saying that the work environment created by the town’s manager is toxic with Josh Gibson, the former Police Chief of the Kenly Police Department saying,
’The new manager has created an environment I do not feel we can perform our duties and services to the community.’
In addition to former Chief Gibson, the town clerk and the utility clerk submitted their two-week resignation.
“I have put in my 2 weeks notice along with the whole police dept. Sharon Evans and Christy Thomas with the town of Kenly after 21 years of service. The new manager has created an environment I do not feel we can perform our duties and services to the community. I do not know what is next for me. I am letting the Lord lead the way. I have loved this community.. it has become family and one of my greatest honors to serve.. God bless you all in Kenly.”
All the employees of the Kenly force said in their notices of resignation that they agreed with Gibson and could no longer perform their duties because of the work environment created by the town’s manager, Justine Jones.
“All of us are very heartbroken that it had to come to this,” Gibson told local media.
The town announced that an emergency meeting would be scheduled on Friday at 7pm to talk about the resignation of the police force.
Gibson then told local media how he and the rest of the members of the force felt they were understaffed and the stress from the job was creating a toxic environment,
“It was just a lot of stress on a lot of us trying to maintain and keep coverage. This is heartbreaking. The community has always been so tremendously so supportive of us.”
The department has only been operating with a staff of five.
