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<p>A self-described “progressive” municipal manager who prompted an entire North Carolina <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/entire-police-force-in-nc-town-resigns-in-protest-of-progressive-town-manager" target="_blank" rel="noopener">town’s police force to resign</a> has been fired after an investigation into whether she had created a toxic work environment.</p>
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<p>Justine Jones, who Kenly Police Chief Josh Gibson in July accused of creating a “hostile work environment,” had her contract terminated by a 3-2 town council vote Tuesday night. The vote followed a month-long probe of the allegations leveled by Gibson, whose five-man force and a handful of other town employees followed him out the door.</p>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">“The allegations made against me were timely and thoroughly vetted by independent sources and there was no such finding of wrongdoing by me or my office,” Jones said in a statement. “The decision to not communicate the entire story and publicly share the findings of the report is most unfortunate.”</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ICYMI?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ICYMI</a>: I spoke one-on-one with Kenly’s mayor moments after town council voted 3-2 to terminate the town manager’s contract. </p>
<p>According to officials, the investigation did NOT support claims Justine Jones created a toxic work environment for police &amp; other town employees. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/wral?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#wral</a> <a href="https://t.co/H1NNv4f2kY">pic.twitter.com/H1NNv4f2kY</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Aaron Thomas (@WRALAaron) <a href="https://twitter.com/WRALAaron/status/1565048479386423298?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 31, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
<p>&#8220;The findings &#8230; did not really justify a toxic environment,&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/WRALAaron/status/1565048479386423298?s=20&amp;t=YG0LoFibgeAixzkzktTuFQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kenly Mayor Herbert Hale told WRAL</a> after the meeting. &#8220;Our decision to terminate a contract is not solely based on the investigation.&#8221;</p>
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<p>Jones, who is black and previously unsuccessfully sued another municipal employer for discrimination, took on the role in June. Less than a month later, Gibson announced his resignation in a<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/josh.gibson.50159/posts/pfbid0Px37CovD2j7ueUD5GdquqMHLKejyg3zsLz63Z4T91zcJGEfUu92DADCHk4TKCbccl">Facebook post</a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>that did not include specific complaints.</p>
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<p>“I have put in my 2 weeks notice along with the whole police dept.,” wrote Gibson, who had been on Kenly’s force for 21 years. “The new manager has created an environment I do not feel we can perform our duties and services to the community.”</p>
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<p>It was not clear if the Gibson and his police officers would return o their old jobs, although Gibson wrote in his resignation letter he would consider coming back to work if Jones was fired.</p>
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<p>Kenly, located about 45 miles southwest of Raleigh, has a population of just under 2,000. Its nickname is “Friendly Kenly.” Jones insisted that she had been a positive force in the town during her abbreviated tenure.</p>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">“Having been selected for the position from 30 other candidates, I believe I was selected because my core principles clearly spoke to who I am as a leader and this same management philosophy guides me in performing my job professionally, with integrity, transparency, loyalty, fairness and accountability,” she wrote.</p>
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