Courtesy MainCor. Although the parade and rally were downtown and at Union Station, Midtown saw a steady stream of mostly well-behaved Royals fans on their way to the party today.
Kansas City Police say several hours after a record 500,000 person crowd celebrated the Royals World Series victory, they have no serious problems to report. They said at 4:30 that they had only made three arrests at the parade through downtown and the rally at Union Station.
Chief Darryl Forté said in a message he is proud of the community.
“These last few days have been huge for our city, and I am extremely proud of how everyone has conducted themselves. The Royals’ World Series win has brought a national spotlight here, and the people of Kansas City have shined. The night the Royals clinched victory, we didn’t have a single arrest related to the game or the following celebration. That fact made national news, from USA Today to TMZ. It was not news to anyone here. It’s what we expected.
“That classiness has continued today. With hundreds of thousands of people piling into just a few square miles of our city, we made very few arrests, and those were for very minor incidents. Despite the traffic and the crowding, everyone was happy and civil. I and the other members of the Kansas City Missouri Police Department are so proud to be part of and serve this community. Our officers worked very hard today, but the people of Kansas City made their jobs enjoyable.”
Very proud of the way the KCMO Police handled these last few days. I live on the Kansas side but my daughter took her 5yo twins to the parade and said she never felt like she or the kids were in any kind of danger. Thank you KCPD for an awesome effort and thank all of the people at the events for keeping it classy. KC Rocks!
Thank you Royals for showing such good sportsmanship in the face of adversity. Thank you Kansas City Mo for being a place I’m proud to live in. Very proud of the way everyone conducted themselves at the parade and rally. Glad we could show we could show everyone that we could respectfully and safely celebrate something so great!