The Kansas City Board of Police Commissioners on Tuesday announced it will investigate a whistleblower’s explosive claims that the department’s chief attorney unethically funneled criminal evidence away from prosecutors and denied public records requests.
Mayor Quinton Lucas, one of the five commissioners, said they all agreed to hire an outside firm to look into the allegations raised by former KCPD lawyer Ryan McCarty, who was fired last week.
“What we're doing right now is making sure that we're drilling down and doing the investigation that's necessary in connection with the issue,” Lucas told reporters after the meeting. “There were very serious claims that were raised. We will make sure that we give them the respect and the diligence that's necessary.”
McCarty’s eight-page letter, along with hundreds of pages of documentation, was sent to a number of city and county officials last Saturday, along with the U.S. Department of Justice and Missouri Gov. Mike Parson.
City councilwoman Teresa Loar, a staunch police advocate, told the board she read the entire report and urged the commissioners to fix the situation.
“I literally was appalled, which is hard for us on city council to say because we deal with this (kind of claim) every day,” she said.
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