This was always our plan, that I had to save my own life first,” Read said on “TODAY” while flanked by her two attorneys.

The Independence Police Department internal affairs commander says the city discriminated against older officers and looked the other way on deputy chiefs’ drunken driving incidents. Updated at 7:25 a ...

THIS IS KMBC NINE NEWS AT SIX. THERE’S A NEW CALL TONIGHT FOR TOP LEADERS IN THE INDEPENDENCE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO BE SUSPENDED AND POTENTIALLY FIRED. IT COMES AFTER A NEW LAWSUIT INVOLVING ...

Millions of Independence tax dollars have been spent settling lawsuits involving the police department over the last few years. And there are more than a dozen other lawsuits either pending or ...