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KCK police chief calls officers' photo disappointing

Kansas City, Kansas, police said a photograph of officers posing with guns next to a vandalized stop sign was a case of poor judgement on their part and is disappointing.

KCK police chief calls officers' photo disappointing
Kansas City, Kansas, police said a photograph of officers posing with guns next to a vandalized stop sign was a case of poor judgement on their part and is disappointing.
WEBVTT TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA A LITTLE LATER. HALEY: KANSAS CITY KANSAS POLICE, INVESTIGATING PHOTOGRAPHS SHOWING OFFICERS POSING WITH WEAPONS IN FRONT OF A VANDALIZED STOP SIGN. SCOTT: THE SIGN WAS ALTERED TO SAY COPS STOP MURDERING. AND THE PHOTOS ARE EXPLODING ONLINE. TONIGHT, KMBC NINE'S ELI ROSENBURG IS LIVE WITH THE STORY BEHIND THE PHOTOS. REPORTER: WELL GUYS THE POLICE , CHIEF TELLS ME HE'S DISAPPOINTED IN THESE TWO OFFICERS AND ASSUMES THEY JUST USED POOR JUDGEMENT. THE STOP SIGN HERE HAS BEEN CLEANED UP, BUT IT'S INCREASINGLY CLEAR TONIGHT, A MESS REMAINS. I WAS STANDING RIGHT HERE ON THE CORNER OF MY GARAGE I WASN'T HIDING. I WAS IN PLAIN VIEW. REPORTER: CELESTE LONA SAW IT ALL. AS SHE SNAPPED PICTURE AFTER PICTURE, OF TWO KC-K POLICE OFFICERS POSING. THEY THOUGHT IT WAS FUNNY, SO HAHAHA I'LL MAKE A JOKE TOO LET ME TAKE A PICTURE OF THEM. REPORTER: THE PHOTOS SHOW THE OFFICERS, AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THEIR GUNS POSING IN FRONT OF A STOP SIGN THAT SAYS COPS STOP MURDER'N AT THE INTERSECTION OF 14TH AND HASBROOK. WHAT KIND OF MESSAGE IS THAT SENDING TO THE KIDS, THAT IT IS OK? YOU KNOW JUST LET ME GO AHEAD AND PULL OUT MY GUN TO TAKE A SELFIE REAL QUICK NEAR A SIGN THAT SAYS COPS STOP MURDERING, WHAT IS THAT SAYING. REPORTER: OUTRAGED, TURNED TO FACEBOOK. POSTED THAT PICTURE AND WITHIN MINUTES IT WAS BEING SHARED EVERYWHERE. REPORTER: THE PHOTOS EVEN CATCHING THE EYE OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WITH THE CHIEF CALLING THE PICTURES DISAPPOINTING AND INAPPROPRIATE. TO SEE A POLICE OFFICER WHO IS SUPPOSED TO BE A ROLE MODEL TAKING PICTURES LIKE THAT, NEXT TO THAT SIGN THAT SAYS SOMETHING LIKE THAT, IS PRETTY RIDICULOUS AND UNPROFESSIONAL. REPORTER: LONA'S PICTURES OF OFFICER'S PICTURES, CAUSING A STIR, WHILE A POLICE DEPARTMENT HOPES THIS ISN'T A SIGN OF THE TIMES. THE POLICE CHIEF ALSO TOLD ME HE HOPES THOSE WHO LIVE IN KCK DON'T SEE WHAT HAPPENED OUT HERE YESTERDAY AS INDICATIVE OF ALL
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KCK police chief calls officers' photo disappointing
Kansas City, Kansas, police said a photograph of officers posing with guns next to a vandalized stop sign was a case of poor judgement on their part and is disappointing.
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