Missourinet Search Four Northland GOP lawmakers want Missouri’s governor to call special session on KCPD funding; Mayor Lucas blasts proposal (AUDIO) (Missourinet Kansas City television partner KMBC contributed to this story) Four Kansas City-area GOP state lawmakers are asking Missouri’s governor to call a special session on the issue of Kansas City Police funding. State Rep. Doug Richey (R-Excelsior Springs) speaks on the Missouri House floor on May 14, 2021 (file photo courtesy of Tim Bommel at House Communications) The four lawmakers say the Kansas City Council has cut $42 million from the police and transferred it to a community service fund. They describe the change as unprecedented defunding of the KCPD.