Threats prompt city to spend thousands protecting Wichita mayor
WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) – Over the last few months until early this week, Wichita police officers were stationed outside Mayor Brandon Whipple’s home. The city said Whipple received credible threats to his safety following an altercation between Whipple and a Wichita police officer captured on police bodycam. Footage from the exchange went viral. FactFinder 12 […]
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WPD officers pulled from patrol to provide personal security for mayor
WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) – FactFinder 12 obtained emails showing the City of Wichita is pulling police officers from their normal patrol shifts to provide personal security for Mayor Brandon Whipple. The information follows reports that Whipple had at least one threat on social media after body cam footage captured a confrontation between him and a […]
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WPD officers pulled from patrol to provide personal security for mayor
WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) – FactFinder 12 obtained emails showing the City of Wichita is pulling police officers from their normal patrol shifts to provide personal security for Mayor Brandon Whipple. The information follows reports that Whipple had at least one threat on social media after body cam footage captured a confrontation between him and a […]
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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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