After being honorably discharged, Garner joined the KCKPD where he would serve for over three decades, attaining the ranks of captain, major, and ultimately deputy chief.
[11] Garner "angrily stormed out of a special session"[12] of the Unified Government on May 3, 2022, refusing to answer commissioners' requests that he begin a nationwide search for a permanent county administrator.
Tom Burroughs, former Democratic member of the Kansas House of Representatives and current Unified Government At-Large District 2 Commissioner will serve as Mayor Pro Tempore.
[15] After citizen protests and an emergency commissioners meeting, the cold shelter was eventually allowed to open.
[16] On January 18, 2022, KCTV News broke the story that Garner charged county taxpayers $85,569 for a new Yukon Denali.