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Resident says Overland Park officer brandished firearm outside home; asks council to require administrative leave for officers under criminal investigation
Summary
A resident told the council she was frightened after a school resource officer unholstered a firearm while questioning her at her home; she has filed a police complaint and urged the city to place officers under investigation on administrative leave while criminal investigations proceed.
A resident, Britney King, used the city councils public comment period on Sept. 8 to describe an officer-involved confrontation at her home on July 1 in which she said an officer unholstered and tapped a firearm while demanding whether she had a gun. King said the encounter occurred about 6:30 a.m., that officers did not tell her why they were on the property and that she feared she might be shot.
King said a supervisor later arrived and the immediate situation de-escalated, but that the officer who drew the weapon has since been placed under criminal…
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