LEXINGTON – (TNS) A Lexington police officer previously suspended for crashing his patrol car five times in two years has resigned after taking kratom while on duty, leading to a “psychotic state,” according to city disciplinary records.

John Gibbons II resigned Aug. 8 after an internal investigation determined he regularly took kratom while working for the Lexington Police Department. He was suspended from duty for one week in December 2024 for repeatedly crashing his patrol car.

At least two of those crashes were related to Gibbons’ kratom use, according to internal investigation documents posted in an online database by Lexington police.

The police department’s disciplinary board recommended Gibbons be fired, but he resigned instead.

The investigation began in May, when a police li

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