Kansas City police fail to solve most crimes. It s one reason some want more city control Glenn E. Rice, The Kansas City Star
Jun. 1 Civil rights leaders and community activists in Kansas City have pointed to rising violent crime and low arrest rates as one reason they support a plan to give local officials authority over part of the police department budget.
The Kansas City Police Department has not been effective in recent years at lowering the rate of homicides, which hit a record in 2020, several leaders pointed out at a May 25 news conference at City Hall.
In fact, as police department data shows, the KCPD solved only about half of last year s homicides. And clearance rates for other serious crimes were even worse: 20% of rapes, 7% of burglaries and 16% of robberies.
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