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Police chief urges ban on arrest and citation quotas; committee favorably reports bill to rules committee
Summary
A police chief testified in favor of Senate Bill 114, which would prohibit arrest and citation quotas in law enforcement. Vice Chair Reynolds moved to favorably report the bill to the Committee on Rules and Reference; the clerk called the roll and the committee reported the bill with sufficient votes (tally not specified).
Robert Butler, police chief of the city of Independence, provided proponent testimony for Senate Bill 114, urging the Judiciary Committee to prohibit the use of arrest and citation quotas in law enforcement.
“Quotas undermine the very foundation of our profession,” Butler said. He told the committee quotas “erode public trust by creating an…
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