Entire police department resigns leaving South Carolina community without law enforcement presence

A South Carolina community is without a constabulary unit aft the full section resigned, including the main of police.

On Friday, McColl Mayor George Garner confirmed that the municipality nary longer had immoderate constabulary officers and told WMBF News that the assemblage is successful a "difficult situation."

"We're actively moving to prosecute a caller constabulary main and much officers," Mayor Garner said. 

Garner said Police Chief Bob Hale enactment successful his resignation archetypal and the different officers past followed suit. 

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A South Carolina assemblage is without its constabulary unit aft respective resignations, including the main of police. (WMBF News)

In a nationalist Facebook post, Hale stated his resignation was owed to alleged repeated harassment and idiosyncratic attacks and "hostile enactment environment" by an unnamed subordinate of the metropolis council. 

"It is with a dense bosom that I bash corroborate my resignation arsenic Chief of Police of the McColl Police Department along with each 4 of my chap officers," Hale wrote. "My idiosyncratic determination to measurement distant from the McColl Police Department tin beryllium attributed to repeated acts of harassment, idiosyncratic attacks connected my character, and the wide instauration of a hostile enactment situation perpetuated by a circumstantial Councilman."

Hale added that the actions of the unnamed councilman made it intolerable for the section to relation effectively. 

"For months, I person endured unwarranted and malicious behaviour aimed astatine undermining my integrity and leadership," Hale continued successful the post. "These actions person not lone affected maine personally but person besides created a toxic ambiance that has hindered the department’s quality to relation effectively. Despite our efforts to code these issues professionally and done due channels, the harassment and hostility person persisted."

In his statement, Hale besides alleged that wealth was chopped from the constabulary department’s fund and that different captious constabulary needs were not being fulfilled.

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"I besides can't assistance but consciousness that these accordant antagonistic acts were strategically utilized to inhibit the continued maturation and occurrence of the department. A important magnitude of wealth was chopped from our already depleted fund by the aforesaid Councilman upon his accomplishment to his elected position. Despite repeated appeals for backing to modernize equipment, heighten training, and summation staffing levels to conscionable the needs of our community, those captious needs went unmet. This deficiency of concern hampered our quality to run astatine the modular the citizens of the Town of McColl rightfully expect and deserve. The information of the residents and the well-being of the officers should person been prioritized by committing the indispensable resources to physique a section susceptible of addressing the complexities of 21st-century policing. Sadly, this was not the lawsuit and the bulk of my tenure arsenic Chief of Police was spent clearing the names of my officers arsenic good arsenic myself, from the galore falsehoods that were made against us," - Former McColl Police Chief Bob Hale

Hale said the determination to resign was not made lightly, and helium profoundly regrets the interaction it whitethorn person connected the assemblage they person dedicated themselves to serving.

"I judge that stepping distant is the lone mode to shed airy connected the severity of these issues and telephone for accountability and change. I stay hopeful that the Town of McColl volition travel unneurotic to code these challenges, prioritize ethical leadership, and make an situation wherever those successful nationalist work tin execute their duties escaped from undue interference and hostility," Hale wrote.

One McColl nonmigratory told WMBF present that the municipality is without a constabulary department, helium worries that residents could beryllium astatine risk.

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The municipality of McColl is without a azygous constabulary serviceman connected duty, arsenic the full constabulary force, including the chief, has resigned. (Town of McColl Facebook)

"Say if idiosyncratic were stabbed oregon changeable oregon immoderate – without constabulary enforcement, they would person to travel from the sheriff’s bureau successful Bennettsville," said McColl resident, William Groom. "We’re talking 10 oregon 15 minutes and idiosyncratic could perchance expire successful that magnitude of time. Without constabulary enforcement, it’s decidedly a atrocious situation."

Despite Hales' statement, Garner told WMBF that Hale was not leaving the municipality connected atrocious terms.

"I hatred to spot them go. They were a large group. But we gonna proceed on," Garner said.

Garner added that helium has asked the Marlboro County Sheriff’s Office and different adjacent agencies to assistance screen the municipality successful the meantime. He besides enlisted the assistance of the South Carolina State Law Enforcement Division for further help. 

The McColl Police Department is present accepting applications for Chief of Police and Garner said applications tin beryllium picked up astatine McColl Town hall. 

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Back successful October, different assemblage experienced a akin concern to the municipality of McColl.

The entire Geary Police Department successful Oklahoma, including their main of police, resigned citing governmental leaders for failing to conscionable the constabulary department's needs. 

Fox News Digital reached retired to Mayor Garner but did not instantly person a response.