The police chief and three officers that comprised the entire four-person police department of the town of Geary, Okla., and two of the town’s city council members resigned with little explanation. Former Police Chief Alicia Ford did not address the specific reasons for the resignations but wrote in a social media post that the decision was difficult. “It is with great sadness that I and the rest of the Geary police officers will no longer be serving this community,” Ford wrote, the Associated Press reports,, “but it was the right decision for me and the other officers.” Ford encouraged residents of the town of nearly 1,000 about 50 miles northwest of Oklahoma City to “be as involved as possible in the city, especially attending the city council meetings.”
City officials thanked the former chief and officers and said an interim police chief has been chosen and that the Blaine County and Canadian County sheriffs’ offices will assist in patrolling the town. City Council members Glen “Rocky” Coleman Jr. and Kristy Miller announced their resignations, leaving the four-person council with just one member due to a previous vacancy. Coleman wrote on social media that his values do not match the city’s direction and said communication between the administration and council “has been significantly lacking." JJ Stitt — who described himself as a 27-year law enforcement veteran, as a county deputy, a member of a task force investigating internet crimes against children and a distant cousin of Gov. Kevin Stitt — told The Oklahoman that he is the interim chief.
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