Public Safety

Protests on the Country Club Plaza

Broken Hearts and Broken Glass: Kansas City Voices Its Pain

Kansas City’s protests are about more than just the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police.

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inside of police car on patrol

Age of Coronavirus: Policing a Pandemic

Kansas City area police departments are striving to strike a fine balance while enforcing the law during the COVID-19 outbreak.

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inside of police car on patrol

Control Issues

Kansas City is once again grappling with whether it should reclaim local control of the police department.

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Michael Bell Jr. stands in front of his pickup truck with his younger brother, Taylor.

Push to Shine More Light on Officer-Involved Deaths Comes to Kansas

A Wisconsin law serves as a model for proposed legislation in Kansas aimed at injecting more transparency into cases of an officer-involved death.

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