KENLY, N.C. – Kenly Police Chief Josh Gibson and every full-time officer resigned on Wednesday. This leaves the small town of about 2,000 residents with three part-time officers to run the department, with backup from the local sheriff's office.

Even prior to the resignations, the police agency was down from the normal staffing of eight officers to five, Gibson said, according to WRAL News.

Gibson said in his resignation letter that the town of Kenly had made "substantial progress that we had hoped to continue." However, he no longer believes that progress is possible with recently hired Justine Jones as town manager.

Not only did police personnel resign, but two town clerks also walked away from their employment.

Resignation letters obtained by WRAL News hint at a hostile work environment since Jones was hired, something publicly disclosed by Gibson.

"The new [town manager] has created an environment I do not feel we can perform our duties and services to the community," Gibson said in a Facebook statement.

Gibson had been in place as Kenly's chief of police for 21 years, the longest running police chief in Johnston County.

He said he would consider returning if Jones is dismissed.

Although she was reportedly selected for the position by the town council from among 30 candidates in a "nationwide search," Jones comes with some baggage.

Jones previously worked for Richland County, South Carolina as manager of research and was an assistant director. However, her employment ended acrimoniously when she was terminated. She sued the county claiming racial discrimination (Jones is black) after she was fired, WRAL reported.

In the lawsuit, Jones alleges "hostile" treatment by Richland County leaders and her supervisor and retaliation after reporting acts of alleged misconduct. She claims in the lawsuit that she was not compensated appropriately and was also treated disparately due to illness.

She was terminated more than seven years ago, on March 30, 2015. The lawsuit was later voluntarily dismissed, yet court records do not reveal a reason, according to the news outlet.

Jones, who possesses two Master's degrees, has bounced around in public service for 16 years. She has held positions in local governments in Minnesota, Virginia, South Carolina and North Carolina.

https://www.lawofficer.com/entire-north-carolina-police-force-resigns-citing-hostile-stressful-work-environment/

I am familiar with Kenly. I sometimes stop at the big truck stop there.

They always show "Smokey And The Bandit" 24/7 on this one TV.

 

This is too funny! People have had it with woke shit!

Quote from: Solar on July 21, 2022, 06:13:52 PMThis is too funny! People have had it with woke shit!

Bingo! These politically correct hires are backfiring as folks are fed up.

In my area there was story yesterday indicating Asheville is short about 30 police officers. Here in Hendersonville the police force is at full strength. There is no question the lack of support for police by the leftist city government in Asheville is the reason.

Quote from: supsalemgr on July 22, 2022, 04:49:30 AMBingo! These politically correct hires are backfiring as folks are fed up.

In my area there was story yesterday indicating Asheville is short about 30 police officers. Here in Hendersonville the police force is at full strength. There is no question the lack of support for police by the leftist city government in Asheville is the reason.

Yep, some towns survived because they held firm on principal.
It took me a long time to wrap my mind around it, but what we're seeing today is an end result of Affirmative Action.
It was never about helping people, it was all about forcing society to accept people who would never get a job in the private sector for their radical views.

These people had been groomed for years, (Obama), the left had taken over academia, they literally created graduates out of whole cloth.
They punished Right thinking people, or rather normal people, particular white people.

We are now seeing the end result of of a well devised Marxist plot to destroy this great nation.

Oh, and they failed miserably!