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KCK Police, Fire Departments Report Network Incident

May 22, 2024 – Published on FOX 4 News Kansas City, MO

The Kansas City, Kansas Police and Fire Departments reported a “network incident” Tuesday morning that has impacted some non-emergency services, according to a city fire department spokesman.

KCKFD said the team is investigating the cause of the issue, but in the meantime, email services for both KCKPD and KCKFD are down.

The network incident comes just weeks after the Kansas City Scout cyber attack, a Jackson County ransomware attack and other Kansas City outages.

Felix Simmons, Principal Security Architect at GuidePoint Security, shares more about what the outage may mean and its potential implications with the FOX 4 team.