PARIS — Selectmen accepted the resignation of police Chief David Verrier at Monday’s meeting, but not one for Lt. Michael Dailey.

Board Chairman Sam Elliot said Dailey, who submitted a letter of resignation on Nov. 13, was interested in staying on the force.

Dailey submitted his resignation letter three days before Verrier.

Verrier submitted his resignation Nov. 16, and his resignation is effective Nov. 30.

Tuesday, Nov. 27 would have been Dailey’s last day.

Dailey has accepted a position with the Oxford County Sheriff’s Office, and Verrier took a position as an investigator with the Maine Correctional Center in Windham.

In a letter to the town, Dailey explained that he wanted to take advantage of the sheriff’s office’s training funds to further his knowledge in crash reconstruction. He explained that his exit had “nothing to do with any negativity towards the police department, its employees, or any other entity.”

At Monday’s meeting, selectmen voted unanimously to cancel a planned audit of the Police Department, which would have cost $6,000. According to Vice Chairman Robert Kirchherr, the audit wasn’t meant to punish anyone. “This is not punitive. This was supposed to help grow the department.”

Several residents questioned the board’s intention to cancel the audit, with some implying that Verrier might have broken the law. Elliot said there was no evidence or specific allegations of wrongdoing.

“I’m a little annoyed by the continued allegations that something illegal has been done,” he said.

Elliot said selectmen first approved an audit due to concerns about the number of Paris police officers who had left the department in recent years, and said selectmen hoped a professional audit would “clear the air.” He urged anyone with specific allegations to report them to the town, but said vague accusations of wrongdoing were “just not helpful” to the town.

Kirchherr said it would be unproductive to pay for an audit of how the department was run under a previous chief and suggest changes to the new chief.

At the end of the meeting, the board went into executive session to discuss the appointment of a police chief but made no decision when they returned to open session.

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