A legal battle over disclosure spans state line and differing rules over public information.
Here are the basics . . .
The Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas, brought a lawsuit Thursday against the Kansas City, Missouri, Police Department, or KCPD.
The KCPD investigated the use-of-force cases in question in 2023 as part of an interstate agreement with the Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department, or KCKPD. The lawsuit is centered on which agency holds the records and whether Kansas’ or Missouri’s open records law applies.
Named as defendants in the lawsuit, filed in Platte County, are the Kansas City Police Department and its Board of Police Commissioners.
Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .
Kansas City, Kansas, takes KCPD to court to keep footage from police shootings secret
The Star requested case files from two fatal shootings. According to the lawsuit, KCPD has indicated that some of the requested records must be disclosed.
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