Like any metropolitan city, crime and violence are unfortunately a reality of life in Kansas City. Recently, the KCPD joined forces with many across the metro to organize the NOVA project, an initiative to combat gang violence in Kansas City.
A Kansas City city council committee is talking tougher on property at the site of the new East Patrol police campus between Brooklyn and Prospect off of 27th Street.
Johnson County public works moves into two new, green buildings. Kansas City police try to curb texting while driving. It’s a daily digest of headlines from KCUR.
Kansas City has tried many programs to reduce violent crime. But despite them all, the first 5 months of 2012 have seen more violent crime than in many recent years.
Kansas City shifts strategies on how to deal with violent crime. Missouri lawmakers take on everything from workers’ compensation to keeping the Jayhawk off of Missouri license plates. That and more from KCUR.
