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| KENTON TREMAR BUCKNER - LITTLE ROCK POLICE CHIEF (2014-2018*) |
As a public service to the citizens of Charleston, we offer 10 things you need to know about the individual the citizens of Little Rock hopes and prays is your next police chief.
1. Kenton Tremar Buckner believes that the majority of crime is caused by people of color in Little Rock. He said the same thing when in Louisville, KY.
Buckner's comment drew the ire of the Racial Diversity & Cultural Commission. Buckner had a contention meeting with them and demanded a letter grade. They gave him a 'F". Click here and here for details.
2. Kenton Tremar Buckner believes that his decisions are not to be questioned by anyone, including city leadership and if they do so it is "dangerous".
3. Kenton Tremar Buckner believes that laws do not apply to himself or police officers.
Buckner does not believe in giving any law enforcement officer a ticket for speeding or causing an accident while on or off duty. Click here for details.
When an LRPD officer was captured by a security camera urinating in the open street, Buckner thought it was acceptable. Click here for details.
4. Kenton Tremar Buckner is not a safe driver.
Buckner has wrecked his city issued ride at least twice. Both accidents were his fault. Click here for details.
5. Kenton Tremar Buckner does not believe in open records or transparency.
LRPD routinely refuses to provide documents or video recordings when requested pursuant to the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act. It is only after threatening to take legal action (there is a section of the AFOIA that permits the filing of legal action for denial of rights under the AFOIA) that they relent and provide the documents. Click here and here for details
6. Kenton Tremar Buckner is a hypocrite.
(a) Buckner has questioned the need for black officers in Little Rock to have and belong to the Black Police Officers Association. The BPOA is highly critical of Buckner and did not want him hired as police chief. Yet he uses Little Rock tax dollars to maintain memberships and attend conferences for the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives ("NOBLE") and the National Forum for Black Public Administrators ("NFBPA"). Click here for details.
(b) Buckner suspended an officer that was seen talking with a former classmate. Unknown to the officer her former classmate had a felony record - a fact she was not aware of. LRPD has a police about hanging out with felons and sketchy characters. Yet Buckner is often seen with a convicted sex offender at many civic functions. Click here for details.
7. Kenton Tremar Buckner likes fancy cars.
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| BUCKNER'S PERSONAL PIMP RIDES |
Buckner has two personal vehicles. A 2000 Mercedes-Benz and a 1966 Cadillac. We question Buckner's use/misuse of his city provided ride when he has two pimp rides he could use to go to church, to go eat lunch on weekends and after work, and to go bar hopping to get shots of Bourbon or run personal errands.We suspect Buckner is too cheap to purchase his own gas. Certainly with the frequency he causes accidents it's nice to pass the cost of insurance claim payouts to the city's insurance carrier. And with no citations issued his own insurance company has no idea that he had been the cause of accidents so they can raise his rates as he is a risk.
8. Kenton Tremar Buckner is a liar.
(a) Buckner said that "disagreement is a sign of healthy communication", however he blocks individuals that have conflicting viewpoints from his own from posting on department social media sites. Click here for details.
In Q&A with Buckner from the summer of 2015 he said this about use of social media:
Reporter: Somebody told us that you've been big about getting Facebook likes on the LRPD Facebook page. Is social media a part of that puzzle of community policing?
Buckner: Sure it is, because whoever told you that thought it was important enough for you to know that. It's certainly important to us. We feel like social media is a viable means for us to get out our message. We're no longer 100 percent dependent on the media to tell the story for the Little Rock Police Department. We want to connect with people via social media. Many people, particularly young folks, use social media as their communication avenue, and we want to make sure we're putting things out through those avenues so people can see what's going on in their community, people can see what's going on with their police department, people can see things that they can engage with, whether it's some kind of initiative [such as] when we did the [KTHV, Channel 11] cereal drive [for the Arkansas Foodbank]. We put things out there like that. When you can reach almost 15,000 people on Facebook, and they in turn turn around and send it to other folks they know, now we're beginning to spread the word other than, maybe, just seeing me in a news conference or something that's in the paper. We can do that at our leisure, rather than just waiting on someone to come here and do the story when they think it's good for them.
(b) When the city of Little Rock was experiencing record high numbers of homicides and violent crimes, Buckner was asked by members of the city Board of Directors if he thought his department could benefit from assistance from the Arkansas State Police, he vehemently pushed back. Buckner did not tell the truth in that he had asked the Arkansas State just two days before his appearance before the board. Click here for details.
9. Kenton Tremar Buckner is careless with weapons.
(a) Buckner lost a city issued handgun and cannot explain how it happened. It later was found in posses of a felon would would not provide information how it came into his possession. Smells of shenanigans.
(b) Buckner left a handgun in his city issued SUV and it was discovered when employees of city fleet services picked it up from police HQ for servicing and cleaning (it was found under the drivers seat according to sources). Fleet services notified Buckner and he had them immediately bring it back to him and told them to not say anything about the gun being left in the SUV.
10. Kenton Tremar Buckner likes to travel using public funds.
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| BUCKNER LIKES TO SCARF DOWN ON SNACKS WHEN TRAVELING |
While employed by the city of Little Rock, Buckner spent $10,865.35 per year traveling and attending seminars. Click here for details.
In 2017, as things were falling apart at the seams at LRPD, Buckner used $14,000.00 in public funds to attend a leadership school at Harvard to boost his resume to make him more attractive to a potential employer, like the city of Charleston.
We could have titled this post 100 things you need to know about Kenton Tremar Buckner, but you get the point with these 10.
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Things that Kenton Tremar Buckner does not want you to know.
Buckner has objections to Little Rock police officers having facial hair even though he sported a butt-hole tickler mustache when on the Louisville KY police force.
A persistent allegation from LRPD personnel is that Buckner once called for assistance from an officer, the son of an assistant police chief, to remove handcuffs from his arm at his residence.
Buckner has failed to address this allegation or respond to requests for a response.
Buckner used the LRPD Facebook page as his own personal page and posted comments about where he was attending church services or eating a meal.
Buckner would not issue tickets to a police Chaplin for having fictitious tags (the Texas plate) on his car and parking in a handicapped spot with no handicap license plate or hang tag near LA Fitness.
Buckner has a temper and frequently makes snippy comments about individuals that have upset him. Recently, an individual was in city manager Bruce Moore's office and Moore called Buckner to check on a matter. The individual could hear Buckner screaming at his boss Moore through the telephone handset. One wonders what Buckner has on Moore to not be reprimanded of fired for such a display of insubordination.
#TimeForChange #CleanOutLRCityHall #ByeByeBuckner
