Police need help finding suspect in Westport Verizon robbery
Police have released photos and videos from last Saturday’s robbery at the Westport Verizon store. The store at 4040 Mill was robbed on January 12 at about 9 in the morning. According to the report, a man walked in and was talking with ...
Could pollen help identify who fired a bullet?
It’s usually hard to get DNA evidence from a spent bullet casing, but what if the surface could be enhanced to capture skin cells? Then, the board of police commissioners heard yesterday, grains of pollen like these might provide evidence ...
New police lab may include science academy for children
Demolition recently began for the new East patrol police station and crime lab at 2640 Olive. Construction is expected to be completed by late 2015.
The new East Patrol police station and Kansas City Police crime lab is likely to include a science ...
Police seek help finding missing man
Louis Young
Kansas City police are seeking the community’s help in finding a man who disappeared in the area of 58th and Woodland. Louis Young, 76, was supposed to be going to visit a friend at 66th and Indiana. He is in the early stages of ...
Demand up for police training on protection from shooters
In the wake of the Newtown, Connecticut, massacre on top of the July killings in a Colorado movie theater, far more Kansas City businesses are asking police for active shooter training.
Before those, there were generally no more than 10 calls ...
The stories behind the 2012 homicides in Kansas City
Most murder victims and most murder suspects were between the ages of 17 and 24 years old. That’s among the findings of an analysis of 2012 homicides delivered by the police chief.
Kansas City closed the year of 2012 with 108 homicides, six ...
Police warn that gunfire is illegal on NY Eve
Another New Year’s Eve means some people will shoot guns into the air, with no thought or care where those bullets land.
But this will be the first New years when police have sensors in the most gunfire-prone areas of the city that almost ...
Central Patrol gets a new commander
The Kansas City Police Department has announced a change of command at Central Patrol.
Major Wayne Stewart, who has been commander for five years, will be transferred to become commander of the regional police academy. Under Stewart’s command, ...
Police hope to reduce homicides with new approach
The map from CrimeReports shows homicides reported by the Kansas City Police Department between June 17 and Dec. 17, 2012.
More than 100 people died from homicide in Kansas City this year, just like more than that died in all but nine of the ...
26 new officers graduate from police academy
The Kansas City Police Department is getting some fresh blood. Tonight 26 men and women will graduate from the police academy. By Sunday, they’ll be on the streets with their field training officers. The department says dozens of officers ...
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