Peggy Lowe
ReporterPeggy Lowe is a veteran investigative reporter based at KCUR, NPR’s member station in Kansas City. She also serves as a correspondent for Marketplace, public media’s national business show.
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The Board of Police Commissioners approved lifting the residency requirements, which was approved by the Missouri legislature last spring. -
Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Backer wrote a letter of support, saying police have “no accountability to our community.”
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A Jackson County judge on Monday denied two challenges to the Kansas City Board of Police Commissioners' lawsuit that seeks to undo the mayor's reform plan, which remains on hold.
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Prosecutors asked for 10 years in prison for Vincent A. Spilker, 30, who pleaded guilty to two counts of child pornography. His lawyer said Spilker has “tremendous remorse and regret” and will get treatment.
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This is the first step in replacing the current Jackson County Detention Center which has been overcrowded since it opened in downtown Kansas City in 1984.
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Mayor Quinton Lucas’s plan to reallocate part of the police department budget has been criticized as “defunding the police.” In fact, the plan earmarks just one-fifth of the budget for different priorities and increases the budget by $3 million.
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The war of words around Mayor Quinton Lucas’s plan to reallocate a portion of the police budget is now in the courts, with the city responding to the Board of Police Commissioners lawsuit. Both sides say the other is violating state law.
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Karl Oakman, a 29-year police veteran, is just the second African-American chief in the diverse city’s history.
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Alleging Mayor Quinton Lucas and other city officials “defaulted on their duties,” the board is seeking a quick stop to implementation of the plan because it says it violates state law.
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People spilled out of a packed town hall meeting Thursday night, angrily denouncing Mayor Quinton Lucas’s plan to reallocate part of the police budget towards more crime prevention programs.
