St Joseph Police Dept still finding it hard to fill vacancies 680kfeq.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from 680kfeq.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
By BRENT MARTINSt. Joseph PostSt. Joseph Police Chief Chris Connally says the department is actively recruiting, trying to fill 22 officer vacancies.Connally says recruiting qualified applicants is always difficult and seems especially difficult now."Our challenge is we're not finding as many people that are interested or committed to the work, because it's not something you just get to start the job tomorrow," Connally tells host Barry Birr on the KFEQ Hotline. "You're going to be in the academy for five months and you're going to be in field training for two-and-a-half to three months. And so, it's a large training process to get people to where they're able to contribute."Connally says Missouri Western State University has stepped up to help. The university is using American Rescue Plan Act funds to cover the approximately $5,000 tuition to the Law Enforcement Academy for promising St. Joseph police recruits. The university is also i
By BRENT MARTINSt. Joseph PostWe may have reached our high temperature for today.The National Weather Service expects temperatures to drop drastically tonight as a winter storm moves into the listening area. The weather service expects rain at first. It could turn to freezing rain, then snow; as much as three inches.St. Joseph Police Chief Chris Connally says no matter what falls, drivers need to plan ahead and be careful."The thing I'm always more concern with is ice," Connally says. "I haven't seen anything about an ice warning, yet, so I'm glad of that. But, just really have to be careful when it comes to that; really be careful driving."Patchy, blowing snow is expected to continue into tomorrow and Friday.Connally warns drivers not to place too much faith in that four-wheel-drive vehicle."A lot of cars are all-wheel-drive or four-wheel-drive and I know they accelerate a whole lot better in the snow in general, especially if they have good tir
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Police Chief Chris Connally discusses the annual crime report/Photo by Brent Martin By BRENT MARTINSt. Joseph PostA summary of St. Joseph crime statistics from 2021 indicates while robberies and burglaries fell dramatically, violent crime rose.St. Joseph Police Chief Chris Connally says a rise in murders and aggravated assault concerns the department, while he's pleased to see robberies drop from 52 in 2020 to 39 in 2021 and reported burglaries fall from 560 in 2020 to 400 last year."We know that some things are a little bit under-reported, post COVID," Connally tells reporters gathered at the St. Joseph Police Department. "People are a little more reluctant to call the police, which is part of the problem when it comes to the increase in domestic aggravated assaults. But some things that are traditionally reported pretty solid, burglary being one of those, we've had 337 burglaries, that's the lowest number since the 1990s."St. Joseph had eight murder