Voters approved a statewide measure requiring Kansas City to spend at least 25 percent of its general revenue on police. It’s the only city in the state with no control over how it’s policed.
TLDR: Kansas City has a weird setup where the police department is paid for by the city but reports to a committee that’s mostly appointed by the state governor. A statewide ballot initiative passed that requires Kansas City to spend a certain % of their yearly budget on police, even though both the city mayor and the residence don’t want to spend that.
Pendergast fault, its continues today because kc is a democrat strong hold, St. Louis use to be the same tho I think state is trying to regain control.
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TLDR: Kansas City has a weird setup where the police department is paid for by the city but reports to a committee that’s mostly appointed by the state governor. A statewide ballot initiative passed that requires Kansas City to spend a certain % of their yearly budget on police, even though both the city mayor and the residence don’t want to spend that.
Pendergast fault, its continues today because kc is a democrat strong hold, St. Louis use to be the same tho I think state is trying to regain control.