City officials said the police sergeant’s post contained “a derogatory remark toward a community of color.”
Kotzebue police sergeant resigns after investigation into inflammatory racial comment on social mediaA sergeant with the Kotzebue Police Department who posted an inflammatory racial comment on social media resigned this month following an investigation into the post, city officials said.
Police Chief Roger Rouse, Lt. Norman Hughes and Kotzebue Regional Jail Superintendent Christopher Cook arranged a call with the sergeant to learn more about the post, according to the City of Kotzebue. The department launched an investigation into the incident April 30 and placed the sergeant on administrative leave, Rouse said Tuesday.
The sergeant chose to resign during the appeal stage of the disciplinary process on May 22, city officials said.
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