An elected member of the Olathe Board of Education — who is also Deputy Chief of the Kansas City Kansas Public Schools Police Department — is facing criminal investigations, ABC Affiliate KMBC reports.
According to the outlet, Bradley Boyd was promoted from sergeant to deputy chief on Oct. 27, 2026, and one week later was pulled from his police cruiser along Interstate 35 for what Olathe Police said was a suicide attempt. Officers from multiple departments responded, and the interstate was shut down for over an hour in both directions.
He is facing potential charges of possession of a firearm while under the influence of alcohol or drugs, a misdemeanor that carries up to a year in jail and a fine.
Complaints about Boyd from fellow officers also under investigation
According to KMBC, on Oct. 4, officers — who remained anonymous for fear of retaliation — sent an email to Schools Chief Operations Officer Miguel Martin complaining about Boyd
The officers accuse Boyd — in his role as president of the Fraternal Order of Police — of having failed to pay for officers’ legal defense coverage, insurance, and state and national FOP dues. Because of the failure to pay, the officers’ legal defense coverage and insurance have lapsed. Boyd was the sole person with access to the lodge’s bank account.
KMBC reports that officers claim Boyd has been leaving work early in his official vehicle for another job and has failed to respond to other officers’ concerns.
“We believe this situation warrants an immediate and thorough investigation,” the email states. “The frustration and anger among officers, combined with concerns about Boyd’s leadership as a sergeant, are what motivated us to send this letter and sound the alarm.”
Boyd also participated in a unanimous, controversial vote to shut down six Olathe schools.
KCK public schools PD already facing controversy
This issue with Boyd adds to a long list of legal issues facing USD 500. The district is also the target of a federal lawsuit filed by the United States Department of Justice over gender transitions, and notice of another lawsuit was delivered on August 18, 2026, over the alleged sexual assault of an 11-year-old in a school restroom.
ABC Affiliate KMBC news reported in September that the $5 million lawsuit is on behalf of a sixth-grade boy who was allegedly dragged into a restroom by a group of eighth-grade boys where he was “physically restrained while they sexually assaulted him,” according to David Smith, an attorney representing the boy and his parents.
According to KMBC, the notice claims an adult monitor was supposed to be outside the restroom, but the district failed to provide one.
“That’s a gross mistake by the school district’s part, because there have been enough things that have happened in the bathrooms at that school that this was foreseeable,” Smith said to KMBC. “And if it’s foreseeable, it’s predictable. And if it’s predictable, it’s preventable. All they needed was to step up and follow their own policies, and they failed.”
While officers eventually showed up to investigate, there was apparently no officer working at the school on the day the boy was allegedly assaulted.
According to KMBC, Maria Castleberry was a KCKPS police officer at Eisenhower Middle until she was fired in January, which she believes is because she refused to drop charges against a boy who badly beat up a girl at Eisenhower.