Five Kansas City police officers are charged with crimes. All remain on paid duty Steve Vockrodt and Glenn E. Rice, The Kansas City Star Jul. 11—Seven months after a grand jury indicted Kansas City police detective Eric DeValkenaere in the 2019 shooting death of Cameron Lamb, the department veteran was back on the job and receiving a paycheck, The Star has confirmed. Yet department policy says the police chief will put an employee facing criminal charges related to the use of his weapon on suspension without pay. The fact that DeValkenaere is at work and being paid angers community leaders who have been critical of the department.