Kansas police chief who led raid on small weekly newspaper has resigned, official says

Kansas police chief who led raid on small weekly newspaper has resigned, official says

FILE - This image made from surveillance video provided by the Marion County Record shows Marion, Kan., Police Department confiscating computers and cellphones from the publisher and staff of the Marion County Record, Aug. 11, 2023, in Marion, Kan. The police chief who led the highly criticized raid of the small Kansas newspaper is suspended, the mayor confirmed to The Associated Press on Saturday, Sept. 30. Marion Mayor Dave Mayfield in a text said he suspended Chief Gideon Cody on Thursday, Sept. 28. (Marion County Record via AP, File)


FILE – This image made from surveillance video provided by the Marion County Record shows Marion, Kan., Police Department confiscating computers and cellphones from the publisher and staff of the Marion County Record, Aug. 11, 2023, in Marion, Kan. The …


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By John Hanna and Mark Vancleave and Summer Ballentine

Associated Press

Updated: 8:54 p.m. on
Monday, October 2, 2023


TOPEKA, Kan. — The police chief who led an August raid on a small weekly newspaper in central Kansas has resigned, just days after he was suspended from his post, a City Council member confirmed Monday.

City Council Member Ruth Herbel confirmed that the mayor announced Chief Gideon Cody’s resignation at Monday’s City Council meeting.

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