KCPD Worker Files Discrimination Complaint

This town's police force continues to confront more allegations of bias. The newspaper works to put most of them on blast.

Here's a quote from their coverage . . .

"A longtime employee of the Kansas City Police Department’s technical support unit says she faced routine harassment from a superior at work because she is Black, according to a lawsuit filed against the police board Tuesday.

"A 62-year-old Kansas City resident, says in the lawsuit that her white supervisor gave preferential treatment to younger, white employees with less experience and seniority. Over the past five years, Morris alleges she has been singled out by upper managers, is frequently mocked and ridiculed behind her back and is generally treated with disrespect because of her race and age.

"The lawsuit was filed in Jackson County Circuit Court. It alleges the Kansas City Board of Police Commissioners is responsible for continued harassment she faced on the job beginning at least around 2017."

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

Tech employee with KCPD alleges racial discrimination and retaliation: lawsuit

A longtime employee of the Kansas City Police Department 's technical support unit says she faced routine harassment from a superior at work because she is Black, according to a lawsuit filed against the police board Tuesday.