In Northton the situation had come to a head. The zombie horde that had taken over the town's square. Officer Hardy and his men arrived to provide backup to the Northton department. Hardy had brought Charlie, the newbie along with about twenty of their sworn officers. Mikey was left in charge of the officers still holding down the fort in Middletown. With over two hundred sworn officers and twenty civilian part and full time personnel: they had men to spare for their smaller neighbors.
As it was, Northton had one hundred ten sworn officers total, leading them to call for help when facing this new, unknown threat. The town's square had been taken over by the O'Brian boy's gang. The last count made of the enemy horde counted the mob to be somewhere over a hundred with fifteen hostages.