Whipple argues it all started because the officer screamed at him and was rude, saying he conveniently didn t start recording until after that, and changed his tone.
Wichita Citizen s Review Board Chair Jay Fowler stressed the need to focus on improvements in the Wichita Police Department s (WPD) disciplinary proceedings after his experience serving on a city comm
With Wichita FOP contract up for negotiation, some call for open discipline records Megan Stringer, The Wichita Eagle
Apr. 4 In August 2019, a Wichita police officer stopped a man for not signaling a turn into his driveway, according to a complaint the man filed. When he didn t get back inside his car as asked by police, he said the officers kicked and hit him and took him into custody.
Members of the Wichita Citizen s Review Board discussed this and other complaints about police in closed session meetings. Officer disciplinary records are confidential and not open to the public, as specified in the union contract between the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 5 and the City of Wichita.
David Inkelaar is the president of Wichita s Fraternal Order of Police. He s frustrated because months after COVID-19 vaccines came to Kansas, Wichita police officers still can t get them.