The reasons for the abrupt mass departures in the city of Geary, Okla., which has a population of just under 1,000, were unclear.

The 1,000 residents of the town of Geary, about 50 miles northwest of Oklahoma City are left wondering who to call in an emergency following the resignation of the town's entire four-person police department.

The police chief and three officers that make up the entire four-person police department of the town of Geary, Oklahoma resigned on Thursday with little explanation.

The entire four-person police department in Geary and two members of the city council quit on Thursday with little explanation.

The city has an interim police chief and will receive assistance from the Blaine County Sheriff's Office and the Canadian County Sheriff's Office.

Geary, Oklahoma, lost its entire police force and two-thirds of its city council all on the same day last week. The city's police chief and all four of its patrol officers resigned Thursday, the Oklahoman reports.

The police chief and three officers that make up the entire four-person police department of the town of Geary, Oklahoma, and two of the town’s city council members have resigned with little explanation.