A woman arrested with her husband in connection with a January bank robbery works for Kansas City, Kansas, Public Schools, the district confirmed Tuesday. Willie Sampson, 51, and Kimberly Thomas-Sampson,
Kansas City, Missouri, Mayor Quinton Lucas knows extremely well what state control of a police department looks like in, with the state controlling the Kansas City Police Department.
Look again at the Kansas City experience and our ongoing public safety crises before mandating a return to state police control for St. Louis.
The legislation would take away control of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department from the mayor’s office to a board mainly appointed by the governor. It's a structure similar to the Civil War-era system that manages the Kansas City Police Department.