The Fraternal Order of Police has issued a statement in response to claims made by the attorney for two current deputy chiefs and one former deputy chief in the Wichita Police Department.
The attorney and the deputy chiefs are calling on two city officials to resign and they’re seeking a multi-million-dollar settlement. Deputy Chiefs Jose Salcido and Chester Pinkston and former Deputy Chief Wanda Givens are seeking the immediate resignations of Wichita City Manager Bob Layton and Human Resources Director Chris Bezruki as well as a nearly $2.2 million settlement for defamation.
In a letter, the deputy chiefs accuse Layton, Bezruki, the Fraternal Order of Police and others of resisting or defying actions by the executive staff in addressing disciplinary issues in the police department. The deputy chiefs also allege that Layton knew about racist and homophobic text messages between Wichita police officers, firefighters and Sedgwick County Sheriff’s deputies earlier than he claimed.
The FOP issued a response Tuesday that said the letter from attorney James Thompson contained a number of “false allegations and insinuations regarding the relationship between representatives of the Fraternal Order of Police, Wichita Lodge 5, and representatives of the Wichita Human Resources Department.” In the response the FOP stated:
One example of Mr. Thompson’s false allegations is the insulting insinuation that the FOP was
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