MCI LCL CTLR EXPERIENCED OPERROR AT 4000 FT WHEN DEP CTLR TURNED FIRST DEP ACFT INTO SUCCEEDING DEP TFC.

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CRJ DEP RWY 1L ASSIGNED HDG 010 DEGS. B737 DEPARTED HDG 030 DEGS. BOTH ACFT SWITCHED TO DEP CTL. DEP; FOR UNKNOWN REASONS; TURNED CRJ TO HDG 090 DEGS; AS HE WAS LEAVING 4200 FT MSL. CRJ TURNED INTO B737. TFC WAS ISSUED; BUT B737 DIDN'T SEE THE CRJ. SEPARATION WAS LOST. LCL ORDERS ALLOW DEP CTL TO TURN ACFT IN TWR AIRSPACE UNLESS VERBALLY RESTR BY THE TWR. I MADE NO RESTR TO DEP CTL; BUT HELD ONTO BOTH ACFT UNTIL BOTH WERE DISPLAYED ON DEP'S SCOPE. WHEN DEP TURNED THE CRJ; HE WAS 1200 FT MSL ABOVE TWR AIRSPACE. MGMNT DECIDED I'M TO BLAME FOR DEP'S MISTAKE. THE PROB AS I SEE IT; IS A PROC THAT SOME CTLRS BELIEVE ALLOWS THEM TO TURN ANY ACFT AT ANY TIME IF THERE WAS NO VERBAL RESTR ISSUED. EVEN THOUGH INITIAL DEP SEPARATION WAS APPLIED; AND DEP CTL TURNED HIS ACFT INTO ANOTHER DEP ACFT; IN HIS OWN AIRSPACE THEY'RE HOLDING LCL CTL RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ERROR. TRAINING ON THE PROC (IN EFFECT SINCE FEB/05) WAS NOTHING MORE THAN A PWR POINT PRESENTATION OF A TRAINING OFFICER READING THE NEWLY INSTITUTED PARAGRAPH.