Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas says he’s concerned after learning of an illegal search of his personal information. He says a Kansas City police officer conducted improper searches for his family on a criminal justice database. The Jackson County prosecutor’s office is now investigating and he has expressed his concern to police leadership.
In a statement the mayor said “having received threats during my term and having recently spent a night standing outside my home with my wife and baby while Kansas City firefighters checked out an explosion threat that had been called into our home, there is real fear and concern these threats create for those around me”.
The mayor says he knows the vast majority of officers go out and do good work every day. The police department issued this statement in response. “The department was made aware, in May, of an incident where an officer, assigned to the Patrol Bureau, conducted an unauthorized computer check of Mayor Lucas. Another officer reported to their chain of command the potential violation and it was investigated. The investigation has concluded.
