Wichita mayor responds to police union’s calls for resignation
WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) – Wichita Mayor Brandon Whipple responded after receiving calls for his resignation if he doesn’t apologize following a verbal confrontation with a Wichita Police Department officer, recorded on the officer’s bodycam. In the bodycam footage, timestamped a little after 3 p.m. Sept. 24 Whipple is attempting to dump trash at a Wichita […]
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Wichita City Council to consider decriminalizing fentanyl test strips | #citycouncil
WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) – Fentanyl test strips are illegal in Kansas, but on Tuesday, Wichita Mayor Brandon Whipple and some city council members hope to approve a new city ordinance that would decriminalize them. Under current state law, fentanyl test strips are considered drug paraphernalia. There was an effort in the statehouse during the last […]
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Wichita mayor, councilman receive death threat
WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) – Councilman Brandon Johnson and Mayor Brandon Whipple confirmed that they received a death threat on Monday morning. Johnson says, “the threat was received at 8 am today. The threat was that we would die if a new chief were appointed. It was worded in a weird way. There was a reference […]
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