Kobach seeks new form of execution in Kansas
Republican Attorney General Kris Kobach is asking lawmakers to broaden the method for execution to include a suffocating gas, which was just used for...
Lawmakers consider tougher penalties for injuring, killing police dogs
As a police K-9, Bane was more than just a work partner for Sedgwick County Sheriff's Deputy Tyler Brooks.
Spending eight to 10 hours a...
KBI to seek 15% increase in agent salaries
The Kansas Bureau of Investigation is planning to ask lawmakers for a 15% increase in salaries for agents in order to better recruit and...
Highway Patrol seeks injunction delay as it appeals two-step case
The Kansas Highway Patrol is asking a federal judge to delay an injunction that would bring the agency under court oversight and ban troopers...
Federal judge issues injunction against Highway Patrol
A federal judge has issued an injunction bringing the Kansas Highway Patrol under court oversight after finding that a technique used by troopers to...
KHP superintendent reports an upswing in recruiting classes
The Kansas Highway Patrol is seeing an upturn in recruiting with new classes of trooper candidates this year that will at least double the...
KHP names new second-in-command
Kansas Highway Patrol Superintendent Erik Smith is putting together his leadership team, appointing Capt. John Lehnherr as the agency's new second in command.
Lehnherr, a...
Oversight of Kansas Highway Patrol starts taking shape
Saying she wants something that's "fair" and "workable," U.S. District Judge Kathryn Vratil started putting together a plan for overseeing the Kansas Highway Patrol...
Judge poised to mandate Highway Patrol oversight; starts laying out terms
A federal judge appears ready to impose new oversight requirements on the Kansas Highway Patrol, setting aside the agency's arguments that her proposed injunction...
KHP: Proposed injunction responding to traffic stops disrupts operations
A proposed injunction responding to how the Kansas Highway Patrol carries out traffic stops would be "overkill" in some instances and would compromise troopers'...
