Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas on Monday called on the Board of Police Commissioners to investigate a “troubling” whistleblower complaint that alleges the police department deliberately hid criminal case evidence and illegally denied public records requests.
The allegations made by Ryan McCarty, an attorney who was fired from the KCPD last week, could also trigger further federal investigation into what Lucas said looks like “a total lack of institutional control at KCPD."
Lucas, who is one of five members of the police board, said the panel should talk about the letter at Tuesday’s board meeting and seek answers on whether the claims are truthful and what can be done about them. Officers and the community deserve accountability from the department, he said.
“This needs to, unlike much of what we've done in the past, be investigated,” Lucas said on KCUR’s Up To Date. “It is not the sort of thing that can be swept under the rug."
McCarty’s dramatic eight-page letter was sent Saturday to Lucas, the Jackson County Prosecutor’s Office, the Board of Police Commissioners, the U.S. Department of Justice and Missouri Gov. Mike Parson.
The letter, along with nearly 400 pages of documentation, outlined several examples of...
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