Sam Zeff
/ KCUR
Originally published on April 16, 2021 1:17 pm
Overland Park police signed a severance deal with a police officer six months before the controversial deal with the officer who shot and killed a 17-year-old teenager backing out of his family's garage, a case now being investigated by the FBI for possible civil rights violations.
KCUR obtained the severance agreement with the first officer, Adam Paddock through a Kansas Opens Records Act request.
The deal was signed by Paddock, who is no longer employed with the police department, on September 14, 2017.
In a report to the Kansas Peace Officers’ Standards and Training (CPOST), the agency that regulates police certification in the state, Overland Park said Paddock “allegedly violated multiple Department policies” and that “progressive discipline resulted in a recommendation of termination.”