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. The letters, obtained by WRAL News, hint at a hostile work environment since the hiring of a new town manager. Justine Jones has been in that job for about a month. Gibson and his five officers made it clear that their complaints were not over pay. County, state step in to protect citizens of Kenly In response to the resignations, Johnston County Sheriff Steve Bizzell said his office would help pick up the slack. "I will be there for the people of Kenly, and they can rest assured they will have deputies patrolling the streets," he said. Bizzell said if the sheriff's office receives a call that there isn't an officer in Kenly, deputies would be dispatched immediately. "We're stepping up and stepping out, and as Johnston County and the sheriff's office, we're going to be there for our people and the citizens. They may be the citizens of the town of Kenly, but they're still citizens of the county of Johnston, also," he said. https://www.instagram.com/p/Cgb0_kvrld2/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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