A U.S. District Court judge ordered the Kansas Highway Patrol to pay $2.3 million in legal costs to ACLU of Kansas and a law firm that represented plaintiffs who successfully challenged constitutionality of a KHP’s “Kansas two-step” drug-enforcement policy. On behalf of KHP Col. Erik Smith, the state agency appealed the decision declaring KHP’s tactics for gaining entry to vehicles through traffic stops violated the U.S. Constitution. TIM CARPENTER/KANSAS REFLECTOR
BY TIM CARPENTERKansas Reflector TOPEKA — A U.S. District Court judge ordered the Kansas Highway Patrol to pay $2.34 million in attorney fees and other…
