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Jamey Haltom will lead the Topeka Police Dept. until the city finds a permanent replacement for Chief Bryan Wheeles.

TOPEKA (KSNT) – The Police Chief for the City of Topeka Bryan Wheeles is retiring. According to a press release from the City of Topeka, Wheeles will be ending his three-decade long law enforcement career. He has worked in many roles at the Topeka Police Department (TPD) such as: patrol officer, narcotics investigator, homicide detective, […]

Testimony was heard Tuesday in a case where a Topeka triple murder defendant says his charges should be dropped because of a loss of video evidence.

A man charged in a Topeka triple homicide asks that the case be dropped because 30 body camera videos taken during the investigation were destroyed.

Jan. 9 was established as a day for saying “thank you” to law enforcement back in 2015 through the work of Concerns of Police Survivors (C.O.P.S.) and other police supporting groups.

TOPEKA (KSNT) – The Topeka Police Department hosted a blood drive to support the families of fallen officers. On Monday, Topeka police officers teamed up with the American Red Cross and Kansas Concerns of Police Survivors, a group that provides support for families of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty, to take […]

A court order says Topeka Police Chief Bryan Wheeles wouldn't pose for photos with two newly promoted female officers who sued Wheeles and the city.

A woman was charged with first-degree murder for allegedly shooting and killing a 4-year-old girl in Topeka Saturday.

The vigil comes after a difficult rash of killings, including four against children, in Topeka since the start of October.

Topeka is seeing a spike in homicide deaths of children with nine having been recorded so far this year, compared to one in all of last year.