Oklahoma small town police chief and entire police department resign

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The constabulary main and 3 officers that dress up nan full four-person police department of nan municipality of Geary, Oklahoma, and 2 of nan town's metropolis assembly members person resigned pinch small explanation.

Former Police Chief Alicia Ford did not reside nan circumstantial reasons for nan Thursday resignations, but wrote successful a societal media station that nan determination was difficult.

"It is pinch awesome sadness that I and nan remainder of nan Geary constabulary officers will nary longer beryllium serving this community," Ford wrote, "but it was nan correct determination for maine and nan different officers."

Ford, without elaboration, encouraged residents of nan municipality of astir 1,000 astir 50 miles (80 kilometers) northwest of Oklahoma City to go acquainted pinch nan metropolis assembly "and to beryllium arsenic progressive arsenic imaginable successful nan city, particularly attending nan metropolis assembly meetings."

Ford did not instantly return a telephone connection for remark connected Saturday.

A female who answered a telephone telephone to a number listed for Mayor Waylan Upchego connected Saturday said "not astatine this time" erstwhile a newsman asked to speak pinch Upchego astir nan resignations.

The city, successful a statement, thanked nan erstwhile main and officers while wishing them good and said an interim constabulary main has been chosen and that nan Blaine County and Canadian County sheriffs' offices will assistance successful operating nan town.

"We would for illustration to fto our citizens cognize we are conducting business arsenic usual," according to nan statement. "If you person an emergency, please interaction 911 for illustration you usually would and an serviceman will beryllium dispatched to assistance you."

City Council members Glen "Rocky" Coleman Jr. and Kristy Miller besides announced their resignations, leaving nan four-person assembly pinch conscionable 1 personnel owed to a erstwhile vacancy.

Coleman wrote connected societal media that his values do not lucifer nan city's guidance and said connection betwixt nan management and assembly "has been importantly lacking," but offered nary further explanation,

"Council members are conscionable astir nan past to cognize something," Coleman wrote. "There are often times that I would not cognize thing (is planned) until nan gathering started."

Miller did not instantly return a telephone telephone to a number listed for her.

The metropolis did not place nan interim chief, but JJ Stitt - who described himself arsenic a 27-year rule enforcement veteran, arsenic a region deputy, a personnel of a task unit investigating net crimes against children and a distant relative of Gov. Kevin Stitt - told The Oklahoman that he is nan interim chief.

Stitt did not return a telephone telephone to a number listed for him, but told nan newspaper that he hopes to adhd officers successful nan coming days. He said he has "the ability" to prime up nan telephone and get knowledgeable officers complete to nan municipality to thief out.

"I've been successful nan crippled a agelong time," Stitt said.

The resignations travel much than a twelvemonth aft nan full constabulary section of nan mini municipality of Goodhue, Minnesota, resigned complete debased pay.