Crime suspects are entitled to a vigorous defense. But every once in a while, a defense lawyer takes the concept of innocent until proven guilty and acts like a real asshat. Renee Pernice, a 35-year-old Northland wife and mother, has been missing since January 2. Since her disappearance, it seems fair to say that her husband, Shon, has acted like a man with something to hide. He has not commented publicly. And he has shown a reluctance to speak with police.Shon Pernice's lawyer, Kevin Baldwin (p
Kansas City Police Department Captain Rich Lockhart confirms that, in March, officers will cast secret ballots to determine whether the Fraternal Order of Police, Lodge #99, will become the department's union representation.Lockhart says the FOP has been pushing the department to become unionized for years, but only recently got traction when a Missouri Supreme Court decision overturned a previous ruling that had barred Missouri schoolteachers, firefighters and police from unionizing.As a union,
KSHB captured some disturbing video following a high-speed chase yesterday. The footage, shot from KSHB's Skytracker helicopter, shows a man surrendering, lying face down on the ground with his hands behind his head. An officer seems to have him subdued when another runs up and repeatedly punches the guy in the head. Other officers swarm the guy. An officer by the guy's legs elbows and punches him.
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Kansas City Police Chief Jim CorwinLast Thursday afternoon, members of the Kansas City Police Department received an e-mail with the subject line: "Police Budget Update." The "Extra Daily Informant" explained how the department is going to make ends meet with a $15 million cut to the budget that begins May 1.
Chief Jim Corwin, the memo noted, had tapped a 12-person task force earlier in the day to study the numbers and make recommendations to the full Board of Police Commissions later this mon
A few hours after I posted an item about Kansas City Police Department yesterday, spokesman Rich Lockhart let me know the information might be misleading.
According to a police memo last week, the department is cutting domestic partner benefits in an effort to save $421,000 in a particularly tight budget year. While such benefits allow same-sex couples to get shared health insurance, plenty of straight pairs take advantage, too. A domestic partnership, I now know, can be any man and
Dave Helling of The Kansas City Star today reports that the Kansas City Police Department spent $2.1 million in the last fiscal year on more than 100 vehicles that aren't ready for the road. Most of the new cars and vans are being warehoused at the overhaul base at the Kansas City International Airport, waiting to be fitted with radios, lights and sirens.Some of the KCPD's cars in its existing 800-vehicle fleet had more than 200,000 miles on them, police spokesman Capt. Rich Lockhart told the S
KCTV 5 investigative reporter Ash-har Quraishi used Jedi mind tricks to get to the bottom of why Kansas City police were staking out Chief Corwin's pad around the clock June 15-19. Police spokesman Rich Lockhart told Obi-Wan Quraishi that Corwin was on the other side of the world at an FBI conference in Australia, and one of Corwin's underlings made the call after a "situation" the weekend before between Corwin's girlfriend and his ex-wife. Cat fight! And while, police confirm several officer
