Soon people traveling through Kansas City International Airport will just see airport police and no longer KCPD officers patrolling the grounds with them.
Kansas City police board files lawsuit against city leaders over budget measure Glenn E. Rice and Steve Vockrodt, The Kansas City Star
May 28 The Kansas City Board of Police Commissioners on Friday voted 4-1 to file a lawsuit against Mayor Quinton Lucas and the City Council, after the City Council approved a measure that gives the city authority over a portion of the police department s budget.
The lawsuit was filed in Jackson County Circuit Court.
Lucas, one of the five police commissioners, voted against the decision.
Several police board members have opposed a City Council measure passed last Thursday on a 9-4 vote to cut this year s police budget back to 20% of the city s general fund, the minimum required by Missouri law.
May 25 The Kansas City Board of Police Commissioners on Monday voted 3-1 to initiate litigation, bringing them a step closer to filing a lawsuit after the Kansas City Council passed a measure giving the city some control over a portion of the department's budget. The board's action was detailed in meetings minutes from a closed session held over the objection of Kansas City Mayor Quinton .
KC police commissioners vote to explore litigation against police funding reform
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and last updated 2021-05-25 12:16:15-04
KANSAS CITY, Mo. â During Monday s
closed executive session, commissioners voted 3-1 to establish a committee that will explore a potential lawsuit preventing recently enacted police funding reform.
According to notes from the meeting provided by police, commissioner Nathan Garrett made a motion to start a lawsuit process that included the formation of a committee to determine what that lawsuit might look like.
Commissioners Garrett, Cathy Dean and Dan Wagner all voted to move forward with the lawsuit. Kansas City, Missouri, Mayor Quinton Lucas,