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JUNE 6, 2000

The Kansas State District Attorney will not investigate charges against the city of Topeka over the firing of two employees who visited the Prairie Band Potawatomi Casino on city time.

In May, the Topeka Police Department approached the Kansas Tribal Gaming Commission who in turn approached the Potawatomi Tribe for the information. The Tribe monitored the use of the employees' Gold Cards, or frequent gaming cards, to track the employees' presence at the casino.

A provision in the tribe's compact with the state allows law enforcement to get records from the gaming commission.

The Kansas Association of Public Employees had asked the Attorney General to investigate but said on Monday that "no illegal use of governmental police powers" had been found.

A similar incident occured in Connecticut, over a town official's visits to the Mohegan Sun casino.

Get the Story:
D.A. won't investigate KAPE complaint (The Topeka Capital-Journal 6/6)

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