Kansas City Police Officers Association

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The Kansas City Police Officers Association was established in 1999 to represent the sergeants, police officers, and detectives of the Kansas City, Missouri Police Department (KCPD). The members of the KCPD share the unique distinction with the St Louis Police Department, of being the only police officers in the United States designated "Officers of the State" and administered by a Board of Police Commissioners who are appointed in staggered terms by Missouri's sitting Governor. This practice was begun in 1874 and continued until 1932 when the KCPD was returned to city control. The police department was returned to state control in 1939 due to overwhelming local political corruption of the era and the department remained under state control until present day.