Attorney general brings urban crime summit to Kansas City
The Attorney General of Missouri is holding two urban crime summits this month, including a two-day meeting next week in Kansas City.
The Kansas City event will feature Attorney General Chris Koster, Kansas City Mayor Sly James, and KCPD Chief ...
Anti-violence volunteers rally, canvas Midtown
County Executive Mike Sanders addressed volunteers at a rally against violence in Midtown yesterday.
COMBAT volunteers gathered in Midtown and marched into neighborhoods to spread the word of a Jackson County anti-violence program.
The “Step ...
Midtown rallies for anti-violence today
Staff and volunteers with COMBAT, the Jackson County anti-drug effort, will be going door-to-door in Midtown today.
Jackson County Executive Mike Sanders is to kick off the event that begins at 5:30 p.m. at the Whole Person, 3710 Main St.
It ...
Gunfire sensors are working, say police chief and Cleaver
Since October, sensors that detect gunfire on Kanas City streets led to six felony arrests and recovery of more than a dozen guns.
Police Chief Darryl Forté announced the statistics Tuesday at a press conference with U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver.
He ...
Mothers in Charge speak to youth about pain of crime
Losing a child to homicide is not something a mother really recovers from, but when such mothers unite they can be a force against crime.
Mothers in Charge in Kansas City has only been in existence for two months but they are already involved ...
Sad fate of 17 who didn’t put their junk in their trunk
Crime fighters around Kansas City have been trying to get people to think about this message: put your junk in your trunk.
The campaign reminds people that cars with easy-to-spot items are fast pickins for thieves.
According to James Schriever ...
Dozens arrested on gun and drug charges
U.S. Attorney Tammy Dickinson, Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker, and police chief Darryl Forte announced multiple arrests in a major crime sweep.
The arrest of dozens on drug and gun charges after a vast Kansas City undercover ...
Anti-crime alliance reports progress
If Kansas City can just prevent one in 10 homicides, it would save society more than $95 million a year, police reported Thursday.
Capt. Joe McHale, leader of the No Violence Alliance, reported that to the city council along with the anti-crime ...
Program offers option to get out of a life of crime
If you and your friends are involved in crime, police may be watching.
They may even call you in to a meeting about changing your ways, or else.
That is what happened Wednesday as the No Violence Alliance of police, prosecutors, social workers ...
“New day in KC” – teaming up against criminal networks
Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker and U.S. Attorney Tammy Dickinson recently announced they’ll work together to target criminal networks. Dickinson now says her office is stretching resources to fight crime despite federal budget ...
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