Some Foyil property and business owners are raising concerns about public safety following the closure of the town's police department.
We have been investigating what led up to the closure and what it means for the community ever since a viewer reached out about a traffic ticket they were unable to pay.
Foyil leaders said the department closed last month after the police chief resigned and reserve officers failed to complete their Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training.
Would you like to see the department come back?
"In my opinion it'll be better to have some type of surveillance around," said property owner Jaeho Kim.
Kim said his experience with the police department had been positive, and that his tenants often expressed that it made them feel more comfortable to have a consistent law enforcement presence around.
We spoke with several community members over the past few days who have criticized the police department's response times and some leadership decisions.
An anonymous former officer of the department said their experience discouraged them from likely working in law enforcement again.
While a Foyil gas station owner criticized the department in a separate interview, he did note things had slightly taken a turn for the worse.
"There have been a few people that have been trespassed from there that started to try to come back when they found out the police weren't here anymore," said Okie 66 owner Asad Aslam.
Aslam said that any future plans to re-establish a police department, he hoped, would be handled differently when it comes to appointing leaders where Foyil's Board of Trustees is concerned.
Rogers County Sheriff Scott Walton said that the Foyil community has seen a disproportionate amount of serious crimes in recent years from sex crimes against children to drug-related charges.
We asked him what can be done if Foyil decided it needed consistent law enforcement that wouldn't reopen a police department.
"If the town of Foyil wants to enhance law enforcement presence there, maybe we negotiate some kind of contract," said Walton. "Where they subsidize the salary of an additional deputy that focuses mostly on that area."
Foyil's Board of Trustees is set to meet Thursday at 6:00 p.m.
An agenda mentioned that in addition to several other items, board members will also consider sending letters to voters.
The letters would ask voters whether they'd like Rogers County or a re-launched police department to maintain public safety in the area.