KENLY, N.C. — Kenly Police Chief Josh Gibson said he and all his full-time officers resigned on Wednesday.
Resignation letters obtained by WRAL News hint at a hostile work environment since the hiring of Town Manager Justine Jones. No other specifics of that work environment were discussed in the resignation letters.
"I will not let myself be around that kind of atmosphere," Christy Thomas, Utility Clerk for the town of Kenly, said in her resignation letter.
Gibson told WRAL News the town is currently short-staffed when it comes to police officers. He said the town normally has eight officers but before the resignations, only had five.
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