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Marion police chief’s hiring before newspaper raid highlights how Kansas doesn’t require cities to perform deep background checks on police officer applicants.
Kansas’ safeguards for identifying and weeding out problematic officers are incomplete or not enforced. The lack of thorough background checks allows officers to keep troubling details hidden.