Marion Police Chief SUSPENDED After Controversial Newspaper Raid

The former KCPD Captain is now confronting real life consequences for a newspaper raid that sparked international outrage regarding 1st Amendment concerns.

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Marion Mayor David Mayfield suspended police Chief Gideon Cody on Thursday, a reversal of an earlier decision to allow him to continue working while the Kansas Bureau of Investigation probed his raid of the Marion County Record.

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Marion police chief who raided Kansas newspaper suspended: Marion County Record

Marion Police Chief Gideon Cody led the raid on the Marion County Record on Aug. 11. Cody left KCPD earlier this year while facing possible discipline and demotion.


Over a month after newspaper raid, Marion Police Department chief reportedly suspended

This suspension comes roughly a month after the Marion Police Department executed a raid on the Marion County Record.

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