Black police officers blast Chief Buckner, ask board for investigation
MIRROR: https://www.arktimes.com/ArkansasBlog/archives/2017/07/06/black-police-officers-blast-chief-buckner Black police officers blast Chief Buckner, ask board for investigation UPDATE Posted By Max Brantley on Thu, Jul 6, 2017 at 7:47 AM CHIEF KENTON BUCKNER: Black officers have criticism. While Police Chief Kenton Buckne r heard many encouraging words Wednesday night from the Little Rock City Board (none offered what could be called direct criticism), there's a decidedly different tone among black police officers, who've asked for an investigation of the chief. The Little Rock Black Police Officers Association yesterday sent a letter to the City Board outlining its unhappiness with Buckner on matters ranging from alleged favoritism in enforcing rules as they pertain to Assistant Chief Alice Fulk to personnel policies that have discriminated against black officers to personal criticisms of Buckner. The letter was signed by Melvin Vester, president of