During a meeting of the Lyons Town Council on Tuesday evening, C. Royce Honeycutt submitted his resignation to step down from his position as Lyons Town Marshal.

Honeycutt was sworn in during a council meeting over a year ago, on Tuesday, October 13, 2020. At that time, the Town of Lyons had not had its own officer patrolling the streets for a while but the Greene County Sheriff’s Department and other law enforcement agencies had been responding to calls for service in the Lyons area.

A couple of days after his appointment, Honeycutt said he had training and experience (from another state) and would not have to be sent through the Law Enforcement Academy as a new recruit but in order to meet requirements, at some point he might have to attend Marshal’s training and/or need to update his credentials at the Academy.

Under Indiana’s laws regarding police officers, whenever a new recruit is hired, they first have to complete what’s called “Pre-Basic Training.” Once completed, the new officer is permitted to enforce the law and engage in law enforcement activities for a one-year period from the date of their hire. Honeycutt has completed Pre-Basic Training.

Then at some time during their first year, they are required to complete Tier I or Tier II “Basic Training” at the Indiana Law Enforcement Academy or one of it’s satellite academies. The officer has exactly one year from their hire date to finish their academy training. If they fail to complete the academy training, they lose their police and arrest powers.

Honeycutt allegedly did not complete the academy training. His one-year deadline would have been October 13, 2021.

According to a citizen who attended the meeting of the Lyons Town Council on Tuesday evening, Honeycutt submitted his letter of resignation to the Council citing a miscommunication between him and the Indiana Law Enforcement Academy as the reason he was stepping down.

Honeycutt’s resignation was to be effective today, Thursday, November 11, which is the end of his pay period.

Honeycutt responded and confirmed his resignation would be effective at end of day on Thursday, Nov. 11. His resignation was also confirmed by the citizen who attended the meeting and by other law enforcement officers with knowledge of the resignation.

This story will be updated.