a manAn undated photograph of erstwhile Kotzebue constabulary Sgt. David “Mike” Cox.” (From City of Kotzebue website)

Editor’s note: This communicative contains an image of a racist connection that whitethorn beryllium violative to immoderate readers.

A Kotzebue constabulary sergeant has resigned aft making racist comments connected societal media. 

The Kotzebue Police Department announced Sgt. David “Mike” Cox’s resignation Thursday afternoon, pursuing an soul investigation. The announcement came only hours aft KOTZ News reached retired to nan section astir nan comments Cox made a period agone connected a Facebook page operated by a South Carolina rule enforcement agency.

According to screenshots of Cox’s now-deleted April 29 comments taken by Spartanburg, S.C. police, he referred to 2 Black suspects successful a adjacent execution utilizing a variety of nan N-word.

When different commenters challenged him for making that connection arsenic a rule enforcement officer, Cox wrote, “(N)othing incorrect pinch speaking nan truth man, it is what it is.”

a Facebook threadA screenshot of David “Mike” Cox’s comments connected an April 29, 2024 station by South Carolina constabulary announcing nan apprehension of 2 Black suspects successful a murder. (From Spartanburg Police Department)

At his Kotzebue rank of sergeant, Cox’s occupation would person progressive supervising and training different rule enforcement officers successful a organization that is astir 85% non-white.

The section did not respond to a petition for comment, but issued a connection aft KOTZ’s communicative aired Thursday saying that it is reviewing its societal media policies.

Kotzebue Police Chief Roger Rouse said successful nan connection that KPD “holds officers to nan highest standards of behaviour connected and disconnected duty” and takes matters of bias and prejudice seriously.