KCPD Chief Against New Temp Jail

This one could be a bigger deal and there might be a potential showdown at the police board.

But for now . . . 

Here's the start of the controversy revealed on a week wherein nobody cared . . .

“Upon reviewing the completed project summary, I am concerned the project location, setbacks and costs will push the project completion date well into the future,” Graves stated in the Oct. 28 letter. “I believe this Community, City and Police Department need to consider alternative locations for this project in order to mitigate these challenges.”

A spokesperson for Mayor Quinton Lucas said the city respects the voice of KCPD command staff, "but decisions on detention facility placement rest exclusively with City Council.”

"City Council has elected to place inmate holding and release at the Police Headquarters building, where until 2015 it previously resided for 77 years," spokesperson Jazzlyn Johnson said in an emailed statement.

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Kansas City police chief suggests new location over concerns about $16 million temporary jail

The city council approved a plan in September to build a holding facility on the 8th floor of KCPD headquarters downtown. In a recent letter to city officials, Graves says officials should consider a different location.