Read below and you will understand that Chief Manley is not only caring and concerned with this (and all investigations) , but that he is a dedicated law enforcement officer with over 30 years of experience. 

Robert Draper, on the other hand, had a vested interest in having this article slanted a “certain” way. Jon Stewart interviewed Draper on the Daily Show in 2007, regarding Draper’s book Dead Certain. Stewart said, “you either disarmed him (Bush) or he just didn’t think you were writing it down”.

I say neither one: Draper just used “imaginary” journalism to fill in the gaps where it suited him best. I believe it happened in his latest GQ article also. 

Rocky Mount Police Chief responded to the June article written for GQ magazine by Robert Draper.  Recently, this week, Chief Manley was on the Jammin 99.3 show with Dave Perkins to refute erroneous and misquoted statements that appeared in the article, “The Lost Girls of Rocky Mount.”

Here is Chief Manley’s Statement:

STATEMENT FROM RMPD CHIEF JOHN H. MANLEY, JR.

"The purpose of this statement is to provide clarity to comments that were attributed to me and printed in GQ magazine by reporter Robert Draper.   Also, I am providing this statement due to the fact that these comments were later reprinted by Barry Saunders with The News and Observer along with his additional editorial.
I am a 30 year law enforcement veteran who has always cared about mankind and, throughout these investigations that were led by the Edgecombe County Sheriff’s Office and the N.C. State Bureau of Investigation, I have expressed privately and publicly on numerous occasions my condolences and heartfelt sympathy to these families.   I have attended memorial services and community support gatherings for these families where I again expressed my deepest condolences and pledged to do everything we could to bring these cases to a positive resolve. 
The comments quoted in GQ magazine clearly were taken out of context of the conversation that was held between reporter Robert Draper and me.  We were conversing in general about cases and the public’s level of involvement.  He specifically spoke to me about the community gatherings that were held by the MOM’s (Missing or Murdered Sisters) group and my response to that was I felt it was good for citizens to be involved as it demonstrated they cared about their loved ones.  I did say that citizens should stay on law enforcement to ensure their cases are being thoroughly investigated.  
The men and women of the Rocky Mount Police Department care about all citizens and work all cases with impartiality."

— Chief John H. Manley, Jr.

Rocky Mount Police Department