Gov. Mike Parson appointed Madeline Romious, an AT&T vice president, to the five-member board that oversees the police department. Parson has chosen all four of the appointed board members, while Mayor Quinton Lucas fills the fifth slot.
Gov. Mike Parson has appointed an executive with ties to the Kansas City Police Department to the Board of Police Commissioners.
Parson named Madeline Romious, a regional vice president of external affairs for AT&T and a member and past chair of the Police Foundation of Kansas City, in an announcement late Friday. The foundation is a non-profit dedicated to raising funds for the department.
The five-member police board oversees a $280 million dollar annual budget, sets policies and makes employment decisions. Kansas City, the only U.S. city that doesn’t have local control of its police department, has been under state control since 1939. To read more visit this publication.
