A Jackson County judge issued a stay order Tuesday morning on the Kansas City Board of Police Commissioners’ lawsuit against Mayor Quinton Lucas and the city council.That means there will be no hearing Tuesday afternoon on a request to block City Hall’s budget changes. A court hearing had been scheduled at 1:30 p.m. KMBC’s Micheal Mahoney reported that it is a postponement, but not a dismissal.Judge Kevin Harrell’s order gives the city 14 days to answer the police department’s call to block the budget ordinance. The state-run board of police commissioners is suing Lucas and the city council after two ordinances passed on May 20 shifting $42 million from the police department’s budget for community services and crime prevention.The police board maintains that state law gives it exclusive control over the department, not the city.The mayor issued a statement Tuesday afternoon:”Kansas City will fight vigorously this effort to keep our hands tied in solving one of our greatest challenges for decades. Kansas City will fight to shine light on best practices and community collaboration with our police officers, rather than stay in the dark about where taxpayer money goes, what we’re doing, and how the hell we can once and for all get out of this situation. We have a murder problem and it’s getting worse. I’m committed to solving it, even if it takes us going all the way to the United States Supreme Court. “Our lawyers worked hard through the holiday weekend to review the filings and to provide the City a vigorous defense. We look forward to having our arguments on behalf of Kansas City’s taxpayers, neighborhoods, and survivors of violent crime heard in court.”
A Jackson County judge issued a stay order Tuesday morning on the Kansas City Board of Police Commissioners’ lawsuit against Mayor Quinton Lucas and the city council.
That means there will be no hearing Tuesday afternoon on a request to block City Hall’s budget changes. A court hearing had been scheduled at 1:30 p.m.
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KMBC’s Micheal Mahoney reported that it is a postponement, but not a dismissal.
Judge Kevin Harrell’s order gives the city 14 days to answer the police department’s call to block the budget ordinance.
The state-run board of police commissioners is suing Lucas and the city council after two ordinances passed on May 20 shifting $42 million from the police department’s budget for community services and crime prevention.
The police board maintains that state law gives it exclusive control over the department, not the city.
The mayor issued a statement Tuesday afternoon:
“Kansas City will fight vigorously this effort to keep our hands tied in solving one of our greatest challenges for decades. Kansas City will fight to shine light on best practices and community collaboration with our police officers, rather than stay in the dark about where taxpayer money goes, what we’re doing, and how the hell we can once and for all get out of this situation. We have a murder problem and it’s getting worse. I’m committed to solving it, even if it takes us going all the way to the United States Supreme Court.
“Our lawyers worked hard through the holiday weekend to review the filings and to provide the City a vigorous defense. We look forward to having our arguments on behalf of Kansas City’s taxpayers, neighborhoods, and survivors of violent crime heard in court.”
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