Public Safety
Booming Business: Guns Are a Hot Gift Item This Holiday Season
Guns sales are booming in 2020, and firearms are expected to be a popular gift this holiday season.
Turning Data to Dialogue: Police Stop Data and the Search for Solutions
Missouri has some of the nation’s most comprehensive and longstanding data on police traffic stops. Yet for all of the tallying and annual reports and statements of concern, little has changed.
After the Stop: People of Color With Disabilities Face More Risks With Police
What do police stops look like for people of color who also intersect with the disability community?
Police Keep Eyes on the Street, and on Racial Disparity Data
Missouri data suggests that Black drivers are targeted for law enforcement stops far more than other racial groups. But perspectives differ on what the information does and doesn’t prove,
Decades of Data Suggest Racial Profiling is Getting Worse, Not Better
Missouri law enforcement traffic stop data suggests racial profiling of Black people is worsening even as data collection continues.
Could Strong District Attorneys Be a Solution for Police Accountability?
The creation of a Community Integrity Unit in Wyandotte County may be instructive as communities nationwide grapple with how to oversee investigations into police misbehavior.
Kansas Firefighters Go West to Fight Fires, and COVID-19
Dozens of Kansas firefighters have been battling wild fires in the West, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, with no end in sight.
curiousKC | A (Mis)perception of Crime
Why are security measures heightened in some KC neighborhoods and not others? curiousKC looked into how public and private buildings are secured to find out why.
Left-Wing Groups Take Up Arms in Name of Abolitionist John Brown
Some left-wing groups in Kansas and Missouri are taking up arms for community protection in the face of systemic social injustice.
Defunding the KCPD: A Glimpse of How it Could Look
The Kansas City Police Department is already experimenting with some programs that reflect the goals of the defund the police movement.