In dramatic day at City Hall, Kansas City Council OK s more control of police spending Steve Vockrodt, The Kansas City Star © Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images North America/TNS Kansas City, Missouri Mayor Quinton Lucas speaks about the importance of infrastructure during a news conference with fellow mayors and members of Congress outside the U.S. Capitol on May 12, 2021 in Washington, DC.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. The Kansas City Council passed two groundbreaking ordinances Thursday that give city leaders more influence over how the state-controlled Kansas City Police Department spends taxpayer funds.
The pair of 9-4 votes, at the end of a dramatic day at City Hall, represent perhaps the most significant exercise of local control over the KCPD since it was returned to state governance in 1939.
In dramatic day at City Hall, Kansas City Council OK s more control of police spending
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