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The process of gathering community input to replace Kansas City Police Department Chief Rick Smith is being taken up by the Urban League and the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce.
Most Wanted In Kansas City: More Police Recruits
Most Wanted In Kansas City: More Police Recruits
KCPD Struggles to Fill Open Positions Share this story Published May 12th, 2021 at 6:00 AM Above image credit: Inside a police car on patrol. (Brian Perlman | Flatland)
The math behind the tsunami of change hurtling toward the Kansas City Police Department is simple. There’s a lot to do and not enough officers to handle it.
Calls for service, including 911 pleas for help from the public, were up 15% during April. Homicides are on track to repeat, if not exceed, the record total of 182 during 2020. The same can be said of drive-by shootings and gunshots that hit someone, but thankfully, don’t take their life.