KANSAS CITY POLICE CHIEF SMITH ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT!!!

His tenure was one of the most divisive in recent history and now it's complete. 

This morning's most important news from the top cop . . .

Kansas City Police Chief Rick Smith announced he is retiring April 22, 2022.

Consider . . . 

The newspaper and Mayor Q attempted to force him out by way of Turkey Day palace coup. 

Here's a peek at the newspaper edition that marked the downfall of local print journalism . . .

Again, we note that picking your own retirement date several months after critics claim you were "ousted" doesn't really suggest that a leader was "forced" from any given position. To be fair, there's not that many people who bother to pick up scraps of paper on convenience store floors who can argue to the contrary.

Anyhoo, expect a great deal of insults against the Chief as he exits from the same political opponents who lost this year's budget battle. 

Here's the other side of the story . . . 

In a prepared statement, Smith said he came to Kansas City as an officer from Minneapolis, MN in 1987, settling here and raising his family in Kansas City.

“I am proud of all the members of this department I have served with over the years who have worked tirelessly to make KCPD great,” Smith said in a news release. “I am honored to have served the citizens of Kansas City for more than 34 years.”

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

KC Police Chief Rick Smith announces retirement

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Kansas City Police Chief Rick Smith announced he is retiring April 22, 2022. He submitted his retirement to the Board of Police Commissioners Friday morning. "It has been my greatest professional honor to serve as Chief of Police of the Kansas City, MissouriPolice Department," Smith said in a statement released Friday morning.

Kansas City Police Chief Rick Smith announces he will retire in April, after controversial tenure

Rick Smith - the Kansas City, Missouri, Police chief whose nearly five years in the top job were marked by a criticized response to the Black Lives Matter protests and the conviction of an officer for killing a Black man - announced Friday that he will retire on April 22.

KCPD Chief Rick Smith announces retirement

Kansas City Missouri Police Chief Rick Smith this morning announced his retirement, effective April 22, 2022. In a prepared statement, Smith said he came to Kansas City as an officer from Minneapolis, MN in 1987, settling here and raising his family in Kansas City.

Kansas City Police Chief Rick Smith announces he'll retire next month

Kansas City Police Chief Rick Smith announced Friday that he will retire next month.Smith released a statement saying he would retire on April 22."It has been my greatest professional honor to serve as Chief of Police of the Kansas City, Missouri Police Department," he said in a statement."I am proud of all of the members of this department I have served with over the years who have worked tirelessly to make KCPD great.

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