Brian West, the Kansas City regional director for Missouri’s child welfare agency, who weathered a high turnover rate and several child abuse deaths in recent years, is no longer with the department.
West left his post last week, the Missouri Department of Social Services confirmed. The circumstances of his departure are not clear.
“He’s transitioned out of children’s division and out of DSS,” said Baylee Watts, a DSS spokesperson. “Our policies prohibit me from commenting on personnel issues.”…