Because it’s the mayor (and city council) who appoints and may suspend the chief of police in Marion (see Marion City Code 1-301).[0] And they have that authori

Because it’s the mayor (and city council) who appoints and may suspend the chief of police in Marion (see Marion City Code 1-301).[0] And they have that authority per Kansas Statutes 14-201 (evidently it is a “city of the second class”).[1] [0] http://marionks.citycode.net/articleOfficersAndEmployees.htm#!-alone http://marionks.citycode.net/articleOfficersAndEmployees.htm... [1] https://www.ksrevisor.org/statutes/chapters/ch14/014_002_0001.html https://www.ksrevisor.org/statutes/chapters/ch14/014_002_000...