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An 81-year-old man was killed by a stray bullet Monday night when he sat down to eat dinner. 



81-year-old killed by stray bullet in Enfield apartment 

William Neville

Two weeks into his tenure as Enfield's new police chief, Eric Johnson is trying to get the department up to far.

<p>ALL THIS HAPPEN. SARAH KRUEGER, WRAL NEWS IN DURHAM. &gt;&gt; THE NEW POLICE CHIEF IN ENFIELD HAS THE TASK OF REBUILDING THE TOWN'S DEPARTMENT. IT COMES MONTHS AFTER STAFFING DISRUPTIONS LEFT AND FIELD WITHOUT ANY WORKING POLICE OFFICERS DURING THE DAY. WRAL'S KEENAN WILLARD SHOWS US HOW CHIEF ERIC JOHNSON PLANS TO TURN ENFIELD POLICE AROUND. &gt;&gt; 2 WEEKS INTO HIS TIME AS AND FIELDS. NEW POLICE CHIEF ERIC JOHNSON HASN'T FINISHED SETTING UP HIS OFFICE YET SINCE STARTING ON DECEMBER. 7TH JOHNSON'S HAD MORE PRESSING CONCERNS. YOU KNOW, YOU KIND OF CHOPPY TASK OF TRYING TO BRING THIS AND TRYING TO GET EVERYTHING UP TO PAR ALONG WITH THE STAFFING IN SEPTEMBER. THE TOWN'S PRIOR POLICE CHIEF AND A CAPTAIN RESIGNED CITING A HOSTILE AND NOXIOUS WORK ENVIRONMENT CREATED BY A TOWN LEADER WHO WAS SUGGESTED TO BE MAYOR MONDALE. ROBINSON ROBINSON IS DENIED THOSE CLAIMS DAYS LATER, WRAL OBTAINED AN E-MAIL FROM THE HALIFAX SHERIFF'S OFFICE SHOWING AND FIELD DIDN'T HAVE ANY WORKING POLICE OFFICERS DURING THE DAY THROUGH AT LEAST THE END OF THE MONTH. A LOT OF DEPARTMENTS TO DO WITH THAT SAME ISSUE ON DEALING WITH THE SAME THING. ALL RIGHT. NOW I'VE GOT 8 POSITIONS THAT NEED TO BE FIELD. JOHNSON SAYS THE DEPARTMENT CURRENTLY HAS 7 PART-TIME OFFICERS AND ONE FULL-TIME OFFICER. HE SAYS DAY SHIPS ARE NOW COVERED, BUT THEY STILL RELY ON THE HALIFAX SHERIFF'S OFFICE TO PATROL ON SOME EVENINGS. ONE OF JOHNSON'S FIRST PRIORITIES ASKING THE TOWN FOR SALARY INCREASES FOR OFFICERS. A TOOL HE SAYS WILL HELP RECRUITMENT AND GET ALL OF ENFIELD PD SHIFTS COVERED. ONCE AGAIN. HE'S ALSO PUSHING FOR FUNDING FOR NEW EQUIPMENT. THOSE ISSUES KIND OF CONTRAST, THE MAINTENANCE OF THOSE VEHICLES AND GETTING NEW VEHICLES. JOHNSON SAYS HIS ULTIMATE GOAL IS TO CREATE A DEPARTMENT THAT'S MORE CONNECTED WITH THE COMMUNITY. HE HOPES AND FIELD PD CAN BUILD A STRONGER SENSE OF TRUST WITH ITS CITIZENS. WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON THE COMMUNITY HERE AND GIVE THE COMMUNITY MORE INVOLVED WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU CAN SOLVE ANY PROBLEM WITH THAT. THE</p>

New Enfield police chief dealing with staffing issues, need for new vehicles

New Enfield police chief faces task of rebuilding department

A new police chief in Enfield is tasked with rebuilding the town's department.

New Enfield police chief tasked with rebuilding department gutted by staffing shortages

A Halifax County town is looking to take action to address police staffing. 

BRING YOU BRING IT TO YOU RIGHT HERE IN THE WRAL LIVE CENTER. THANK YOU, CHRIS. IMAGINE THIS. A TOWN WITH NO POLICE OFFICERS DURING THE WEEK FOR THE REST OF THE MONTH. THAT'S THE CASE IN THE TOWN OF ENFIELD. ACCORDING TO AN E-MAIL OBTAINED BY WRAL, WHICH WAS SENT BY THE HALIFAX COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE. THE STAFFING PROBLEMS FOLLOW A SERIES OF RESIGNATIONS, INCLUDING THE POLICE CHIEF. >> WRAL'S KEENAN, WILLARD IS IN AND FIELD WHERE THE COUNTY IS NOW STEPPING IN. POLICE OFFICER WANTED. IT IS THE FIRST THING YOU SEE WHEN YOU WALK IN HERE AND FIELD TOWN HALL AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY IN NEED OF MULTIPLE OFFICERS NOW, SOME PEOPLE LIVING HERE IN TOWN SAY IT'S THEIR BIGGEST CONCERN ABOUT LIFE IN ENFIELD. OTHERS ARE TRUSTING THE COUNTY TO GET THEM THROUGH. >> THESE ARE CALLED THAT MASK. SMALL YATES RUNS THE SEAFOOD FRENZY, FISH MARKET NEAR DOWNTOWN AND FIELD. SHE SAYS THIS FRIDAY FEELS LIKE BUSINESS AS USUAL DESPITE WHAT'S HAPPENING OUTSIDE THE WALLS IN FEEL IS A. >> SMALL TOWN THERE EVER BEEN MIDDLE OF NOWHERE. AND I JUST DON'T THINK THAT WE HAVE AN ISSUE AT THIS POINT TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT. SHE'S TALKING ABOUT THIS, AN E-MAIL FROM THE HALIFAX SHERIFF'S OFFICE OBTAINED BY WRAL. THESE ARE THE TIMES THE TOWN OF ENFIELD WILL NOT HAVE AN OFFICER WORKING. IT'S S DEPUTIES WILL BE PAID OVER TIME THROUGH THE COUNTY TO COVER THE SHIFTS BELOW. IT GOES ON TO LIST EVERY WEEK, DAY SHIFT FROM TODAY UNTIL THE END OF THE MONTH. JUST THEIR JOB AND GET OUT THERE THAT COUNTY SURE THEY'RE THERE TO PATROL. >> I DON'T. I JUST ASKED YOU TO A PATROL. EVERY LOCALITY AND BEEN IN 8. AND EVEN THE COUNTY AND THEIR COUNTY PARTIES. THAT COMES AFTER THE ENFIELD POLICE CHIEF AND OTHER OFFICERS HAVE RESIGNED IN RECENT WEEKS. MAYOR MONDALE, ROBINSON SAYS CONTROLS AND FIELD WILL BE COVERED BY SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES AS WELL AS NEW RESOURCES FROM THE STATE HIGHWAY PATROL AND ALSO WAS PROMISED BY THE STATE. >> AND THEY WOULD HAVE. >> BETWEEN THE SHERIFF AND ALSO THE STATE TROOPERS THAT WE WOULD DO THAT WE WERE SO THAT WE WOULD HAVE. >> AND THE COVERAGE YOU CAN FEEL. WE REACHED OUT TO THE HALIFAX COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE TO ASK HOW LONG THE EXTRA PATROLS ARE EXPECTED TO LAST BUT HAVEN'T RECEIVED A RESPONSE. SOME BUSINESS OWNERS IN DOWNTOWN AND FIELD SAY THE TOWN'S INABILITY TO STAFF A POLICE DEPARTMENT MAKES THEM FEEL UNSAFE, BUT OTHERS TELL US THEY TRUST THE HALIFAX DEPUTIES TO BRIDGE THE GAP. BUT I DON'T FEEL ANY WAY THREATENED. AND I DON'T FEEL >> THAT I NEED TO BE OVERLY CONCERNED ABOUT IT BECAUSE I'M A RESPECTABLE CITIZEN. AND I AND MY BUSINESS IS STAYING MEANT BUSINESS. >> THE TOWN IS PLANNING TO TAKE ACTION, HOLDING A COMMUNITY BOARD MEETING ON MONDAY TO

Help wanted: Enfield police have day shifts without officers

A Halifax County town is looking to take action to address police staffing. It comes after WRAL News obtained emails from the sheriff's office that show Enfield won't have a single police officer working weekdays until at least October.

After resignations, Enfield has shifts with no police officer available

Police car

Enfield Police Chief James Ayers announced his retirement in the wake of the of controversy over the destruction of the town's Confederate monument. In his resignation letter obtained by WRAL News, Ayers cited a "oppressive and hostile work environment" by town leaders.




Enfield police chief, captain cite 'hostile' and 'noxious' work environment in resignation letters

Enfield police chief resigns amid Confederate monument controversy

Enfield Mayor Mondale Robinson called for the governor and attorney general to come to the town to investigate recent messages of racism.

YOU CAN FIND REAL-TIME TRAVEL INFORMATION ONLINE AT DRIVE-IN C DOT, GOV. >> TONIGHT THE GOVERNOR IS RESPONDING AFTER THE MAYOR OF HALIFAX COUNTY TOWN OF ENFIELD ASKED HIM TO DECLARE A STATE OF EMERGENCY. IT COMES AFTER MONDALE. ROBINSON SAYS RACIST THREATS HAVE BEEN SENT TO HIM AND OTHER RESIDENTS SINCE HE TOOK DOWN THE TOWN'S CONFEDERATE MONUMENT. WRAL'S KEENAN WILLARD IS AT THE SITE WHERE THAT MONUMENT ONCE STOOD. >> WHAT EXACTLY IS THE MAYOR ASKING FOR CANAAN? >> WHATEVER HE'S CALLING FOR. GOVERNOR COOPER TO STAND RIGHT HERE IN THIS SPOT AND TO DENOUNCE WHAT HE'S CALLING A THREAT OF WHITE-SUPREMACIST VIOLENCE IN THIS COMMUNITY. NOW, THE RESPONSE THAT WE GOT FROM THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE TODAY DIDN'T SEEM TO INDICATE WHETHER HE'D BE WILLING TO DO THAT. >> THESE ARE THE ACTORS AND CRIME. IN A PRESS CONFERENCE AT TOWN HALL, THE ENFIELD MAYOR CALLED FOR AN INVESTIGATION INTO RACIST THREATS. MY NAME AMANDA ROBINSON. MONDALE ROBINSON SAYS IN THE WEEK SINCE HE DESTROYED THE TOWN'S CONFEDERATE MONUMENT, HE'S RECEIVED MULTIPLE E-MAILS WITH RACIST THREATS DIRECTED TOWARDS HIM. HE ALSO SAYS COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE FOUND RACIST MESSAGES IN THEIR YARDS THROUGHOUT TOWN. AND AS WE STAND FIRM ON OUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS TO LIFE, LIBERTY AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS. WE NEED OUR GOVERNOR TO LOCK ARMS WITH THIS COMMUNITY, ENSURING THAT HOUSE WE HAVE LIFE ISN'T INTERRUPTED BY WHITE SUPREMACISTS LAST MONTH THE ENFIELD TOWN COUNCIL VOTED TO REMOVE THE STRUCTURE WHICH BEGAN AS A CONFEDERATE MONUMENT LATER MEMORIALIZED VETERANS OF OTHER WARS AS WELL. >> 6 DAYS LATER, ROBINSON FILM THE DESTRUCTION OF THE MONUMENT WITH A BULLDOZER DEATH OF THE CONFEDERACY. AROUND HERE, THE VIDEOS DREW ANGER FROM SOME RESIDENTS THE NEXT DAY. THE ENFIELD POLICE CHIEF AND HALIFAX DA ASKED THE SBI TO INVESTIGATE THE MONUMENTS, DESTRUCTION TODAY. WRAL HAS LEARNED POLICE CHIEF JAMES AYERS IS RESIGNING FROM HIS POSITION NEXT WEEK WHEN ASKED WHY HE DECLINED TO RESPOND TO THE FBI SAYS IT'S CONTINUING TO INVESTIGATE AND WILL SEND ITS FINDINGS TO THE DA WHO COULD PURSUE CRIMINAL CHARGES. BUT ROBINSON SAYS INSTEAD THE FOCUS NEEDS TO BE ALL THOSE RACIST MESSAGES THAT HAVE EMERGED. 6 IS GOING ON THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TO FORMALLY INVESTIGATE THE SOURCE OF THE LETTERS AND ASKING GOVERNOR COOPER TO DECLARE STATE OF EMERGENCY FOR RACISM IN THEIR COMMUNITY. >> IDEAS OF THIS COUNTRY'S CONSTITUTION. CANNOT BE COUNTED AS VALID AS LONG AS WHITE SUPREMACISTS ARE LOUD WITHOUT CONSEQUENCE TO THREATEN THE CALM OF EVERYDAY LIFE FOR BLACK PEOPLE. WRAL REACHED OUT TO THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE FOR RESPONSE TO ROBINSON'S REQUEST FOR A VISIT AND A DECLARED STATE OF EMERGENCY. >> IN RESPONSE, A SPOKESPERSON SAYS ONLY THIS. THE SOURCE OF THESE THREATS NEEDS TO BE FULLY INVESTIGATED. >> WE DID GET A STRONGER STATEMENT FROM THE OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, JOSH STEIN WHO SAID WHILE HIS OFFICE IS NOT ABLE TO PERSONALLY INVESTIGATE THE SITUATION, IT'S OUT OF THEIR JURISDICTION. HE IS CALLING FOR A FULL LAW ENFORCEMENT INVESTIGATION INTO THESE THREATS AND HE SAYS HE IS

Governor responds to Enfield mayor's call for state of emergency

Enfield Police Chief James Ayers is resigning from his position in the wake of controversy over the destruction of the town's Confederate monument, WRAL News has learned.

WAS SHOT BY POLICE DID DIE. >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, CHRIS. NEW AT 4 O'CLOCK WRAL HAS LEARNED THE POLICE CHIEF AND THE HALIFAX COUNTY TOWN OF ENFIELD IS RESIGNING. THIS COMES AFTER HE CALLED THE SBI TO INVESTIGATE THE MAYOR'S DESTRUCTION OF THE TOWN'S CONFEDERATE MONUMENT THAT ALSO HONORS VETERANS OF OTHER WARS WRAL'S KEENAN WILLARD JOINS US LIVE AT THE SITE WITH THE MONUMENT WAS REMOVED. HAS THE CHIEF GIVING A REASON FOR WHY HE'S STEPPING DOWN? WELL, RIGHT NOW WE'RE STILL WORKING TO FIND THAT OUT. BUT IT COMES DURING ONE OF THE MOST TURBULENT PERIODS IN RECENT MEMORY FOR THIS TOWN. AND IT'S ALL FOCUSED RIGHT HERE. THIS IS THE SITE WHERE THE MAYOR MONDALE ROBINSON. >> KNOCKED OVER THE TOWN'S FORMER CONFEDERATE MONUMENT, WHICH IN LATER YEARS ALSO BECAME THEIR GENERAL VETERANS MEMORIAL. NOW JUST AFTER THAT HAPPENED, THE POLICE CHIEF CALLED ON THE STATE TO STEP IN HERE. >> ENFIELD POLICE CHIEF JAMES SAYERS IS STEPPING DOWN. THAT'S WHAT WRAL CONFIRMED TODAY FROM A TOWN COUNCILMAN WHO SAYS THE CHIEFS LAST DAY IS SEPTEMBER 17TH. WE REACHED OUT TO CHIEF AIRS FOR RESPONSE AND ASK WHY HE'S RESIGNING. BUT HE CHOSE NOT TO COME. SO NOT ON THE TRACK COMES JUST OVER 2 WEEKS AFTER THE DOW AND FIELD MAYOR MONDALE ROBINSON DESTROYED THE TOWN'S CONFEDERATE MONUMENT. YES, A 3RD AFTER THE TOWN COUNCIL VOTED TO REMOVE IT 6 DAYS EARLY AFTER THE CONFEDERACY AROUND HERE, THE MONUMENT BEGAN AS A CONFEDERATE MEMORIAL IN THE 1920'S LATER ADDED PLAQUES FOR VETERANS OF OTHER WARS CAUSING SOME OF THE COMMUNITY TO PROTEST THE MAYOR'S DECISION TO KNOCK IT DOWN THE DAY AFTER IT WAS DESTROYED. SHE FARES IN THE HALIFAX DA ASKED THE SBI TO INVESTIGATE THE DESTRUCTION OF THE MONUMENT. IN A STATEMENT, THE FBI SAYS IT'S INVESTIGATING THE PROPERTY DAMAGE AND WILL SEND ITS FINDINGS TO THE HALIFAX DA WHO COULD PURSUE CRIMINAL CHARGES. >> NOTHING'S DID NOT. AND THEY'RE MONDALE. ROBINSON SAID IN THE WAKE OF KNOCKING DOWN THIS MONUMENT, BOTH HE AND OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS RECEIVED RACIST MESSAGES, EVEN TO THERE. TO THEIR SAFETY, HE SAYS COMING FROM WHITE SUPREMACISTS, HE'S AFRAID VIOLENCE COULD BE A POSSIBILITY IN THIS COMMUNITY. AND HE IS NOW CALLING ON THE STATE TO TAKE ACTION ON THOSE THREATS. MORE ON THAT COMING UP AHEAD AT 6 O'CLOCK. WE KNOW WHAT AN

Enfield Mayor Mondale Robinson held a Tuesday morning news conference to call for Gov. Roy Cooper and Attorney General Josh Stein to take action.

Enfield mayor calls on Gov. Cooper to investigate messages of racism: 'We need our governor to lock arms with this community'

Enfield Mayor Mondale Robinson (center) held a briefing Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022.

Enfield Police Chief James Ayers' last day in office is set for Sept. 17, according to Town Councilmember Bud Whitaker.

Enfield police chief to resign from position

Enfield Police Chief James Ayers is resigning from his position. His last day is set to be Sept. 17. Photo courtesy of the town of Enfield.

The State Bureau of Investigation is investigating the removal of a Confederate monument in Halifax County.


SBI investigating removal of Confederate monument in Enfield

Enfield mayor records as bulldozer brings down Confederate monument 

Police say a 69-year-old Enfield woman kept her mother's decomposing body in her house because she wanted to witness death's stages. 