A Salina Police Department officer who worked as a school resource officer became the subject of a police-accountability story herself after a late-night traffic stop on Interstate 135 ended with her arrest.
According to KSAL, Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan said 34-year-old Amanda C. Londono was driving a 2018 Honda Accord southbound on I-135 at about 1:57 a.m. when a deputy saw the vehicle pass another vehicle and drift or edge into the median during the maneuver. KSAL reported that the stop happened just south of Crawford.
The core allegation was not a conviction, and it should not be treated as one. KSAL reported that the deputy noticed the odor of alcohol as he approached the vehicle, which had four occupants. The outlet further reported that Londono gave the deputy her license but allegedly refused to exit the vehicle after multiple requests. According to that report, after about 20 minutes, she was arrested for interference with a law enforcement officer.
KWCH also reported that Londono was accused of interfering with a law enforcement officer. KWCH, citing The Salina Post, reported that she was driving on I-135 early Sunday morning when she moved into the left lane and continued onto the inside shoulder. KWCH reported that authorities said a sheriff’s deputy stopped her, smelled alcohol, asked her to exit the vehicle, and arrested her after she refused.
The optics are ugly because the allegation involves a sworn police officer allegedly refusing repeated commands from another law-enforcement officer during a traffic stop. Civilians are routinely expected to comply first and argue later. When an officer is accused of doing the opposite, the public has every reason to ask whether badge culture creates a different standard for those who enforce the rules.
The Hays Post archive reported that Sheriff Soldan identified Londono as a Salina Police Department school resource officer at Salina High School Central. That report also said the deputy tried for 20 minutes to get her to step out of the car before she was arrested on suspicion of interference with a law enforcement officer. According to Hays Post, the other three occupants were not arrested and arranged for someone to pick them up.
KSAL reported that Salina Police Captain Paul Forrester said Londono was placed on paid administrative leave while the department conducted an internal investigation. KWCH likewise reported that the Salina Police Department had launched an internal investigation into the incident.
Based on the public sources located for this story, the confirmed facts are limited: local news reports say Londono was a Salina Police Department officer and school resource officer, she was stopped by a Saline County deputy, she was accused of refusing to exit the vehicle, she was arrested on an interference-related allegation, and the department said an internal investigation was underway. Those reports do not, by themselves, establish guilt.
No reliable public source located for this story confirmed a conviction, civil lawsuit, final court disposition, or final disciplinary outcome. If additional records later show the charge was dismissed, reduced, prosecuted, or resolved in some other way, that would be important context. Until then, the responsible conclusion is that this was a reported arrest and internal-investigation matter, not proof of a criminal conviction.
Court records from Saline County indicate that the case was dismissed later in 2019. Specifically, the charge was dismissed on May 21, 2019, following a period of diversion or probation, which is a common resolution for first-time offenses in Kansas.
The dismissal of the criminal charge does not automatically dictate the outcome of the internal police investigation, which operates under separate administrative standards. Without access to specific personnel files or further local reporting, her final employment status remains unconfirmed in public records.
Still, the story matters. A school resource officer is placed in a position of trust around students, parents, school staff, and the wider community. When that officer is accused of refusing a deputy’s repeated commands during a traffic stop, the issue is not just one roadside encounter. It is whether the people entrusted with authority are held to the same standard they impose on everyone else.
