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Courtney Richardson stands outside Parkwood Pool, where she grew up swimming on Quindaro Boulevard. It s currently closed.
Everyone deserves a safe place to swim, but we live in a region of pool haves and have-nots: This summer there are zero public pools open in Kansas City, Kansas, while Lenexa has three pools for a third of the population.
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Kansas City, Kansas, only has one public pool. It s closed this year but not empty.
With temperatures hovering at or above 90 degrees for weeks, Parkwood Pool at North 10th Street and Quindaro Boulevard shimmers like a blue jewel at the edge of the road. Filled with water, and nothing but a chain link fence keeping wishful swimmers from the promise of the other side.
Lenexa Police’s Crisis Intervention Team earns national certification
The Lenexa Police Department’s Crisis Intervention Team program recently became one of four agencies, and the first municipal agency, in the United States to earn national certification.
CIT International, INC. announced the Lenexa Police Department’s certification on April 7. Above, members of the department’s Crisis Intervention Team were recognized at the Lenexa City Council’s Tuesday meeting.
“It is a high honor to be the first municipal agency in the nation to earn this certification and I believe it reflects our commitment to best serving those individuals who live with mental illness in our community,” said Police Chief Dawn Layman.