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Police Reform

Severed ties between Missouri police department, community push leaders to incite change

Eric Ferkenhoff
USA TODAY NETWORK
Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas, center, stands with protesters on June 3, 2020, in Kansas City, Mo., during a unity march to protest police brutality following the death of George Floyd, held under the knee of a Minneapolis police officer on May 25, 2020.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Much is weighing on the Kansas City Police Department — a high number of homicides and questionable rates of solving serious crimes, a poor ranking in a national study on discrimination and police violence, and troubled relations with Black and Hispanic residents.

There have been allegations of racism in the department, a break with once-allied pastors over police killings, and calls for the police chief's resignation and a U.S. Justice Department probe of the KCPD.