Residents of a small Oklahoma town are angry and frustrated after sudden resignation of all police forces.

Geary’s four-man police force, a town of about 1,000 about 50 miles northwest of Oklahoma City, collectively resigned Thursday with little explanation, and two members of the city council also announced their resignations.

“We don’t have much of a city anymore,” resident Sonja Luquette told the local Oklahoma City TV station. KOCO-TV.

“I’m not happy at all. One resident, who asked not to be named, said a city without a police force poses a danger to its citizens. he told Fox affiliate KOKH-TV.

“When I tell you there is abuse and corruption in the town of Geary, that is exactly what is happening,” the person added.

“It’s really sad that it’s come to this.”

The mass resignations were announced in a social media post by former police chief Alicia Ford, and no reason was given.

“It is with great sadness that I and other Geary police officers will no longer serve this community,” Ford wrote. “But it was the right decision for me and the other officers.”

Ford told KOCO that a consultant hired by the city council to investigate the Geary Police Department was appointed interim chief.

New interim chief JJ Stitt confirmed to KOKH that he was initially hired as a consultant but was suddenly named head of the department.

“The other night I was informed: ‘Hey. We may have problems with the police. We’ll need someone to step up. Is this a possibility for you?’ “I was hesitant at first,” he said.

“And I said, ‘Hey.’ ‘I’ll help as much as I can.’”

He said he was “not fully aware” of the reasons behind the resignations of Ford and the three other officers who resigned on Thursday.

“If this isn’t an emergency, what is?” Geary resident Tatum Wigington told KOCO.

“The same person who was the interim acting chief was hired by the city council to oversee the police department and is now the interim chief. That seems a little suspicious,” Wigington added.

Former Geary City Council members Rocky Coleman and Kristy Miller also resigned Thursday.

In a letter sent to KOKH, Coleman said his values ​​do not align with the city’s current direction.

“It’s been one drama after another since I’ve lived here, and it worries me that we should rebuild this town rather than tear it down,” Luquette lamented.

“We need to find out what the problem is and fix it. This needs to be fixed and it needs to start over.”

For now, Geary will receive law enforcement support from the Blaine County and Canadian County Sheriff’s Office, Stitt said.

“It’s not doomsday here. We take care of business. “This is business as usual,” he insisted.

Geary City could not immediately be reached for comment.