Public Safety

Sunayana Dumala talks about her late husband, Srinivas Kuchibhotla, during a news conference at Garmin headquarters in Olathe, Kansas, Friday, Feb. 24, 2017.

Spouse of Olathe Hate Crime Victim Moves On, in Life and Location

By Mary Sanchez | August 4, 2022

Sunayana Dumala, the spouse of a man killed in an Olathe hate crime that gained global attention, discusses how she has found a way forward in life.

An estimated 6,000 to 8,000 Kansas Citians gathered at Theis Park on March 24, 2018 for the March for Our Lives event in the wake of the Parkland, Florida, school shooting.

March For Our Lives: A Generation’s Quest For Gun Safety

By Mary Sanchez | June 9, 2022

Members of a generation whose lives have been shaped by mass shootings are gathering again for March for Our Lives 2022.

Life and Death: KCPD Struggles to Answer 911 Calls

By Mary Sanchez | June 2, 2022

Nearly one in four 911 call-taker jobs are unfilled in the Kansas City Police Department, which is struggling to keep up with incoming emergency calls for service.

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.

Imagine That: What If Police Unconditionally Respected the Community?

By Mary Sanchez | April 6, 2022

Two former Kansas City Police Department officers are now training people in how to use “unconditional respect” to help reform law enforcement.

Search Begins for Kansas City’s Next Chief of Police

By Mary Sanchez | March 29, 2022

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.