Kansas City police chief will skip GOP event after criticism from mayor Bryan Lowry, The Kansas City Star
Apr. 8 Kansas City Police Chief Rick Smith has pulled out of a scheduled appearance at a Republican Party event after facing criticism from Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas.
Smith was scheduled to be a guest of honor at the Jackson County Republican Committee s April 17 Reagan-Lincoln Day dinner, which will feature speeches from two U.S. Senate candidates, former Gov. Eric Greitens and Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt.
But Smith announced Thursday that he would no longer be attending the event after Lucas and others raised concerns about the head of the city s police department participating in an overtly partisan event.