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S1 Ep6

Police Staffing

Aired: 17/02/2021

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1 minute read

Police staffing is not an exact science, and it is increasingly complex. But there are studies by the U.S. Department of Justice and policing organizations addressing what variables should be considered and what hasn’t proven to be the most efficient for taxpayer’s dollars.

Featured this month:

D. Rashaan Gilmore hosts a panel discussion with Branden Mims of AdHoc Group Against Crime, Lora McDonald of More2, Stacey Johnson-Cosby with Center Planning and Development, and former KCPD south patrol Major Darren Ivey.

Use of the Force: KC Debates Police Department Staffing

Kansas City is grappling with how to allocate resources for its police department this budget season. Much of the debate turns on how many police officers are needed, and how they should be deployed.

Flatland Follow-Up

Listen to February's Flatland Follow-Up: Your Questions on Police Staffing

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Past Episodes

Harvesting Change | Localizing Our Food System

S3 Ep 9 - 1 minute readAs part of the Flatland series “Harvesting Change,” Flatland in Focus looks at the people and policies that influence the transition away from industrial agriculture to a more localized food system that protects and regenerates the environment.

Seeking Environmental Justice in Kansas City

S3 Ep8 - 1 minute readIn cities across the U.S., heavily polluted industrial zones are often established adjacent to communities of color and low-income residents. “Flatland in Focus” speaks with residents living in Kansas City-area neighborhoods that suffer from a history of pollution.

Healing Hate: Building Resilience Through Community

S3 Ep7 - 1 minute readIn collaboration with the Kansas City PBS special ‘Healing Hate‘, Flatland in Focus speaks with survivors of the 2014 shooting at the Overland Park Jewish Community Center to see how one act of hate has impacted their lives. […]

Stadium Subsidies and Community Impact

S3 Ep6 - 1 minute readThe Truman Sports Complex, home to KC’s Royals and Chiefs, opened to the public 50 years ago. Now the teams have a new vision for their future and voters must decide whether to support that vision with tax […]

Housing Along the KC Streetcar Line

S3 Ep5 - 1 minute readThe KC Streetcar expansion from Union Station to the Country Club Plaza will be running through midtown as early as 2025. But as ridership increases along this route, so may the cost of living for many the area, […]

Media Literacy

S3 Ep4 - 1 minute readAs media consumption continues to climb, media literacy and the ability to discern fact from fiction or opinion is more important than ever. How do we interact with the news? How do we evaluate what we share? And […]

The Future of the Country Club Plaza

S3 Ep. 3 - 1 minute readThe Kansas City PBS documentary “Nichols’ Folly: A Century of the Country Club Plaza” explores the complicated history behind the nation’s first planned suburban shopping center. This month, “Flatland in Focus” examines the future of the Country Club Plaza […]

East Side Development Sales Tax

S3 Ep 2 - 1 minute readIn 2017, voters approved a 1/8 cent sales tax with the goal of spurring economic development in disadvantaged neighborhoods of the city. So far, the Central City Economic Development (CCED) sales tax has awarded over $53 million and […]

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Flatland + KC Media Collective

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