With Wichita FOP contract up for negotiation, some call for open discipline records
Megan Stringer, The Wichita Eagle
Apr. 4—In August 2019, a Wichita police officer stopped a man for not signaling a turn into his driveway, according to a complaint the man filed. When he didn't get back inside his car as asked by police, he said the officers kicked and hit him and took him into custody.
Members of the Wichita Citizen's Review Board discussed this and other complaints about police in closed session meetings. Officer disciplinary records are confidential and not open to the public, as specified in the union contract between the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 5 and the City of Wichita.