Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas announced Thursday that he was introducing legislation to criminalize the “mockery” of police officers and elected officials.
“On Saturday I met with families of police officers. Among the concerns expressed was ‘stealing’ the addresses and contact information of law enforcement officers, which means sharing personal information with malicious intent,” he wrote.
The Missouri Democrat added: “Today I present an ordinance to criminalize such actions.”
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The legislation seeks to change the city code to make it a crime to disclose personal information with the intent to “intimidate, abuse, threaten, harass, or frighten a public servant, the immediate family of a public servant, or a domestic partner of the public servant. “
The tweet said a person’s name, Social Security number, date of birth, credit card number, place of employment, address and phone number should be prohibited for those seeking to expose personal information. online or in the public sphere.
A public servant is defined as any person elected to a position in the city, any person employed by the Board of Police Commissioners, any person appointed to a position by the city, and any person employed by the city.
Lucas followed up with another tweet that defended freedom of expression, while denouncing “intimidation” tactics against the police and local politicians.
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“Our officers and other public employees have the right to get home safely and their families must be safe from harm,” he wrote. “We welcome freedom of expression in Kansas City. We do not accept intimidation by the people who do the jobs we hire them or intimidation by their spouses and children.”
