Law Enforcement

A row of police line up in the middle of the street on the Country Club Plaza, flanked by demonstrators on the left and right.

curiousKC | Inform Our Next Episode on Police in KC

By Vicky Diaz-Camacho | January 24, 2022

curiousKC invites you to weigh in. Submit your questions about the police’s role in our community here.

Photo illustration of former KCKPD detective Roger Golubski

FBI has Investigated Kansas City, Kansas, Police for Decades, but Prosecution of Bad Cops is Rare

By Steve Vockrodt, Midwest Newsroom, Peggy Lowe, KCUR 89.3 | November 9, 2021

As a federal grand jury investigates Roger Golubski, a former Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department detective, FBI documents dating back to the 1990s reported police beat Black people routinely, were said to be involved in the drug trade and ignored the crack cocaine problem.

‘Defund the Police’ was Designed to Provoke a Response. In Missouri, it Worked

By Rebecca Rivas, Missouri Independent, Allison Kite | June 9, 2021

Republican lawmakers have responded with outrage to moves in Kansas City and St. Louis to reshuffle police funding.

Turning Data to Dialogue: Police Stop Data and the Search for Solutions

By Mary Sanchez, Vicky Diaz-Camacho, Cody Boston, Catherine Hoffman | November 18, 2020

Missouri has some of the nation’s most comprehensive and longstanding data on police traffic stops. Yet for all of the tallying and annual reports and statements of concern, little has changed.