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NEWS & ISSUES

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

Local March for Our Lives Event on Saturday

by Mary Sanchez

June 9, 2022

NEWS & ISSUES

Life and Death: KCPD Struggles to Answer 911 Calls

Nearly One in Four Call-Taker Jobs Are Unfilled in KC

by Mary Sanchez

June 2, 2022

NEWS & ISSUES

Imagine That: What If Police Unconditionally Respected the Community?

Trainers Offer KCPD Advice

by Mary Sanchez

April 6, 2022

NEWS & ISSUES

Search Begins for Kansas City’s Next Chief of Police

What Do Kansas Citians Want In Rick Smith's Successor?

by Mary Sanchez

March 29, 2022

PEOPLE & PLACES

The Boy In The Woods: The Story of Frank McGonigle

A Kansas City man’s murder is chronicled in a new book by an unlikely author: “Mr. Stinky Feet”

by Mary Sanchez

March 4, 2022

NEWS & ISSUES

A Mother’s Quest for Openness Provides Map for Spurring Change

When Sheila Albers couldn't get answers to questions she had after her 17-year-old son was shot and killed by an Overland Park police officer, she didn't give up.

by Mike Sherry

March 3, 2022

NEWS & ISSUES

High School Students Canvass Voters About Local Control of KCPD

Three High Schools Join Forces

by Mary Sanchez

February 22, 2022

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NEWS & ISSUES

‘Pulled Over: The Hannah Fizer Case’ Tells the Story of a Sedalia Shooting

Independent Lens Documentary Tells the Story of a Woman, Shot and Killed By the Police in Sedalia, Missouri

by Cami Koons

February 18, 2022

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Jo Anna Dale
Robert & Marlese Gourley
Herbert & Bonnie Buchbinder
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NEWS & ISSUES

Use of the Force: KC Debates Police Department Staffing

Staffing Conundrum Informs $269 Million Budget Battle

by Multiple Reporters

February 17, 2022

NEWS & ISSUES

Getting Unlicensed Drivers Off the Road … By Helping Them Get Licenses

Kansas City, Kansas, May Have the Nation’s First Police-run Driver Training School

by Barbara Shelly

January 5, 2022

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