The police chief and three officers who make up the entire four-person police department in the town of Geary, Oklahoma, as well as two of the town’s city council members have resigned without much explanation.

Former Police Chief Alicia Ford did not address specific reasons for Thursday’s 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 serve this community,” Ford wrote, “but it was the right decision for me and the other police officers.”

Ford, without elaborating, encouraged residents of the town of nearly 1,000 located about 50 miles (80 kilometers) northwest of Oklahoma City to become familiar with the city council “and to get involved as much as possible in the city, particularly by attending city council meetings. »

Ford did not immediately respond to a phone message for comment Saturday.

A woman who answered a phone call Saturday to a number listed for Mayor Waylan Upchego responded “not at this time” when a reporter asked to speak with Upchego about the resignations.

The city, in a statement, thanked the former chief and officers while wishing them well and said an interim police chief had been chosen and the Blaine County and Canadian County sheriff’s offices would help patrol the city.

“We would like to let our citizens know that we are conducting business as usual,” according to the statement. “If you have an emergency, please contact 911 as you normally would and an officer will be dispatched to assist you.”

City Council members Glen “Rocky” Coleman Jr. and Kristy Miller also 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 ​​don’t align with the city’s direction and said communication between administration and council was “significantly lacking” but offered no other explanation.

“Council members are about the last to know anything,” Coleman wrote. “A lot of times I don’t know something (is planned) until the meeting starts. »

Miller did not immediately return a number listed for her.

The city did not identify the interim chief, but JJ Stitt — who described himself as a 27-year veteran of law enforcement, as a county deputy, member of a task force investigating the crimes on the Internet against children and distant cousin of Governor Kevin Stitt. — told The Oklahoman he was the interim chief.

Stitt did not answer the number listed for him, but told the newspaper he hoped to add agents in the coming days. He said he had “the ability” to pick up the phone and send experienced officers to the city to help.

“I’ve been in the game a long time,” Stitt said.

The resignations come more than a year later the entire police department from the small town of Goodhue, Minnesota, resigned due to low wages.