Mayor Q Pushes KCPD Budget Blame Shift

Once again Kansas City's top politico seems to be playing politics with public safety money.

To wit . . . 

MAYOR Q LEVERAGES CASH QUESTIONS AGAINST POLICE BY WAY OF LAWSUIT ALLOCATIONS!!!

To be fair . . . 

The Mayor has a great deal of activist support for this strategy that speaks to the motivations of the 2020 "defund the police" movement. AND so many local politicos aligning with protesters has helped to bolster public sentiment against law enforcement that often influences jury pools. 

And so . . . 

It's not unreasonable to at least entertain the idea that this financial designation MIGHT be more about anti-police politics rather than proper accounting.

Take a peek . . .  

The ordinance presented Monday puts that supplemental 2% in a new “KCPD overage” fund under the control of the city council. That fund will pay for police settlements, leaving the state-mandated 25% for police salaries, equipment and other department needs.

Mayor Quinton Lucas hopes funding lawsuits from the overage fund will put more attention on the settlements, and thus more public pressure on the police department to make systemic changes to avoid future lawsuits.

“Maybe the more lawsuits and settlement lawsuits see the light of day, the less we’ll get into the type of trouble that leads us to that in the first place,” Lucas surmised.

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

KSHB: Plan from Kansas City leaders is to put spotlight on costs of police settlements

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