KCRag Forum

anniewarbucks wrote: We will see if this detours crime. But if everyone would behave themselves we would not need so many cops.

justin8216 wrote: Lets all be honest. The KCMO police department is completely inept and ineffective.

Decades ago the state took away control of the KCMO and St Louis police from the cities to shield them from the influence of organized crime which at the time controlled city hall.

Times have changed and the board of police commissioners only serves to prevent the department from being accountable to the citizenry.

It is high time the state dissolves the board of police commissioners and puts the KCMO police department back under the purview of the city manager, the elected Representatives of the people and in turn the voters.

scooterj wrote: My apologies if this is covered elsewhere, I couldn't find it if it is.

While I was getting my hair cut this morning my stylist said that in 2 weeks the city is going to start having police foot patrols throughout the loop and also add a night shift for the DCID yellowjackets.  She said it was to help visitors to the arena and P&L feel safer but that the patrols would be permanent and spread throughout the loop.

Can anyone verify this?

justin8216 wrote: Subject: Downtown needs larger police presence

(in African American females voice) Thank you. Okaaay! I didn't say it. I didn't say it.

I went last weekend to Fiesta Hispania downtown. I decided to walk around the new arena and the Cordish development. Then I walked over to city hall and the park there. I was scared to be walking through that park and I was in front of a Federal Court House and City hall/police HQ.

I walked the perimeter of the park in a loop. I heard more than a few "hey baby"'s and "do you have a couple dollars for the bus" translation= do you have a couple dollars I can use to buy crack. And this was in the early evening.

Is this what people have to look forward to at the Cordish development. I hope Cordish employs their own security force, because if the KCMO police can't protect a two block park next to police HQ they sure as hell aren't going to be able to protect people in the eight block Cordish district.

Gretz wrote: At the DNA meeting Wed night the officer in attendance confirmed that eight new bike cops would be added in shifts from 5pm-3am for the loop, so there would be two separate groups of two any given weeknight and three groups of two on Fri/Sat night (4 teams of two X 4 10hr shifts/week each).  He said they were "young bucks," zealous rookies who had about another week before completing training to be deployed.  They will be centered in the loop, possibly patrolling parts of the Rivermarket/near crossroads as necessary.  They will be adjusting the patrol patterns tactically as warranted by crimes, etc, but inside the loop is the focus.  He also said that mounted patrol and foot cops would be out "in force" for Sprint center events heavily patrolling the entire DT area for the sake of pedestrians throughout the area.  He made clear that the new regular scheduled shifts would NOT be inside the entertainment district but rather concentrated on the rest of the loop.  I assume Cordish security will have control of the district, based on this.

K.C.Highrise wrote: I no fan of most cops..... but I can't wait for a larger police presence where I live. That sounds really weird to say...