Something I like about Chapter 5's "catch up for players who weren't scouring every optional line of dialogue for hints of the future" flashback with Asgore is that it clarifies something: He wasn't removed from the force because of what happened; the town did not assume he had something to do with That Day's events or failed to adequately respond. No, he drove his family away because he felt culpable and fell into madness investigating That Day instead of living his life but also, in standard Magical Otherworld Right Under Our Noses tropes, people thought he was getting way too obsessed with this outlandish idea of a fantasy land just out of sight that That Day was related to because it's downright preposterous to think such a thing could ever be possible.
And of course, in true "we don't know what's up with Carol" fashion, him being removed from his role as police chief could either be "you need to stop trying to find out who was responsible for That Day so I'm going to remove your privileged access to information and your ability to freely scour around for evidence" evil Carol, or "I need your whole attention on this Dark World thing if there's any shot at undoing what happened but you're not doing your job and people don't believe your story, so I can't have you doing this so publicly" ruthless-yet-not-evil enabler Carol. Considering all the pointers towards "Carol wants to preserve happy moments even if it ruins the point," the obvious sympathy that has her employing her husband's best friend, the conspiracy theory corkboards in both their residences etc., I'd assume the latter.
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