Public Safety
Hundreds of Kansas Citians Are Shot Each Year and Survive. Families Pick Up the Pieces
Since 2015, shootings in Kansas City that leave a survivor are rising slightly — leaving families to struggle with the physical and mental wounds they cause.
How Can We Protect Safe Spaces and LGBTQ+ People in Kansas City?
Activists Justice Horn and Dakota Allen share how Kansas City can be a safer city for the LGBTQ+ community after two pellet gun shootings at Fountain Haus.
Ralph Yarl Shooting Reverberates in KC’s Liberian Community
The shooting of Ralph Yarl has reverberated through Kansas City’s close-knit Liberian community, which has rallied around one of their own.
Missouri’s ‘Stand Your Ground’ Law Could Play a Role After the Shooting of 16-year-old Ralph Yarl
The shooting of Ralph Yarl, a Black teenager, by an 85-year-old white man highlights Missouri’s recent adoption of “Stand Your Ground” gun laws.
Inside the Legal Standoff Over Kansas City Police Funding
Kansas City’s police board is trying to use the courts to increase police funding. Advocates are worried it could bankrupt the city.
Spouse of Olathe Hate Crime Victim Moves On, in Life and Location
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.
March For Our Lives: A Generation’s Quest For Gun Safety
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
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.
Imagine That: What If Police Unconditionally Respected the Community?
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
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.