Over the past decade, the Kansas City, Kansas, Board of Public Utilities has spent close to $400,000 on private investigators to enforce the company’s residency requirement. But in only five cases since 2015 has the public utility found that an employee was violating the rule by living outside of Wyandotte County, records obtained by The Star show. The use of private investigators by Wyandotte County’s electrical and water utility came to light last year through a racial discrimination lawsuit filed by BPU employee Sterling Owens. The lawsuit, which says Owens was wrongly targeted because he is Black, raised questions about whether the BPU disproportionately investigates employees of color, among other allegations of discrimination. Read more about the allegations at the link in our bio ✏️ Aáron Torres #KCK #KansasCity #Utilities #WyandotteCounty