KCPD Rank & File Turning Against Chief?!?

This week the newspaper missed a key component of recent lawsuits confronting KCPD in order to put activist outcry on blast yet again.

A closer look at recent lawsuits targeting KCPD includes a growing number of worker complaints taking their toll on local law enforcement. 

The main point of this post and the undercurrent of local conversation . . . 

KCPD management confronts growing criticism from rank & file and Chief Graves is ultimately responsible for these complaints which threaten to undermine morale.  

Accordingly . . .

Regarding an upcoming legal complaint and another decision against KCPD that cost taxpayers MILLIONS . . . This "limited" social media share from a local union leader kind of speaks to the situation . . .  

"When a current HR supervisor files a lawsuit against her own HR department and substantiates the allegations made by (the) Detective you should settle.  Instead KCPD goes to trial and ends up getting spanked for almost 5 million dollars.  

"If an HR supervisor states she witnessed the unlawful treatment of an employee you have a problem. When she files her own lawsuit you have an emergency.  When you remind her prior to testimony “whose team” she works for you have a complete unmitigated disaster . . ."

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com links . . .

Detective wins $4.7 million discrimination and retaliation lawsuit against KCPD

A jury agreed that the Kansas City Police Department discriminated against Zachary Storms after he suffered seizures and that the department retaliated against him when he complained.

Kansas City has paid $6 million in police lawsuits in 2025. It's only August

Settlements for wrongful death and excessive force lawsuits, along with other claims, against Kansas City police have totaled more than $20.8 million in the past four and a half years.

Developing . . .