KENLY, N.C. — Kenly Police Chief Josh Gibson and all his full-time officers resigned on Wednesday. The town is left with three part-time officers to run the rest of the department, serving a population of about 2,000.
Kenly’s town attorney Chip Hewett told WRAL News that the town would be holding an emergency meeting on Friday night at 7 p.m. to discuss how the town would be handling public safety.
“We just learned about this [Wednesday], it effects the entire police dept and staff members, we are looking at having an emergency special meeting to figure out how to move forward with it,” Hewett said.
Even before the resignations, the police force was short-staffed, down from a norm of eight officers to five, Gibson said.
Two town clerks also submitted letters of resignation, leaving Kenly down seven full-time positions.