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Kansas City community leader Alvin Brooks released a letter urging the Board of Police Commissioners not to select a new chief on Tuesday.

The Kansas City, Missouri, Board of Police Commissioners is holding its monthly meeting this morning.

The Kansas City, Missouri, community met the three finalists for the city's next chief of police at a public town hall Saturday.

Protesters calling for local control of KCPD called the meeting a “scam” and said the Board of Police Commissioners were already set to choose a “puppet.”

DeShawn Beaufort has publicly shared his frustration with past misconduct in the Philadelphia police department. Now he’s a finalist for the job of KCPD chief.

The next chief will face scrutiny after several officers have been convicted of crimes against Black people and the U.S. Department of Justice proceeds with an investigation of racism in the KCPD.

Three candidates include one internal option and two out-of-town police veterans

Kansas City, Missouri, has three candidates in line for the open position.

The Kansas City, Missouri, Board of Police Commissioners announced Monday three finalists vying to become the city's next Chief of Police.

Public safety activists are "incredibly disappointed" that the board is holding just one public meeting to introduce the finalists.