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We've
seen
this
year
to
be
an
historic
one
and
a
historically
challenging
year
for
us
in
how
we
address
violent
crime
issues
in
missouri
and
in
kansas
city,
and
so
I
do
thank
him
for
that.
I
had
the
chance
to
talk
to
governor
parsons
yesterday
about
the
special
session.
We
talked
about
any
number
of
issues,
many
of
which
we
agree
on
some
of
which
we
do
not
one
issue
that
we
agree
upon,
and
I
think
that
most
sane
people
agree
upon
is
on
witness
protection
funding
in
the
state
of
missouri.
A
You
may
remember
that
earlier
this
year,
actually
earlier
in
my
term
late
2019,
a
group
of
mayors,
including
myself,
lyda
crewson
of
st
louis
bryant,
trees
of
columbia
and
ken
mcclure
of
springfield,
met
together
to
push
a
number
of
issues
that
we
would
like
to
see
passed
in
the
missouri
general
assembly.
Among
those
issues,
a
priority
was
witness
protection
funding.
We
hear
time
and
time
again
here
in
kansas
city.
A
I
know
leiden
in
st
louis
often
hears
about
situations
where
there
are
folks
that
want
to
talk
but
cannot
feel
safe,
do
not
feel
safe
being
in
their
community,
and
our
witness
protection
funding
will
be
an
important
part
of
it.
We've
also
as
mayors
throughout
missouri's
largest
cities
talked
about
other
important
initiatives:
mental
health
funding,
greater
access
for
our
mental
health
triage
centers,
so
that
our
police
officers,
who
are
interacting
with
folks
in
mental
health
crisis,
have
somewhere
to
take
them,
that's
other
than
an
emergency
room
or
a
county
jail.
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Unfortunately,
that
is
not
one
of
the
topics
that
has
been
raised
in
this
special
session.
I
do
believe
that's
a
missed
opportunity
and
I
would
encourage
the
missouri
general
assembly
in
january
to
take
up
that
issue
again.
It
is
not
enough
to
say
that
there
are
other
issues
that
are
at
the
roots
of
violent
crime,
time
and
time
again,
but
to
never
address
them,
and
I
think,
unfortunately,
we're
not
addressing
that
issue
today
and
I
think
that'll
be
a
challenge.
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A
I'm
not
sure
it
has
the
support
of
the
majority
of
alder
persons
there,
and
it
certainly
is
not
a
perspective
that
kansas
city,
the
city
council,
this
mayor
or
the
board
of
police
commissioners
thinks
is
essential
for
the
kansas
city,
missouri
police
department
or
our
city
in
kansas
city.
We
appreciate
our
officers
living
in
kansas
city.
We
have
14
school
districts,
we
have
a
large
city.
We
have
a
lot
of
different
places
where
officers
can
go,
and
I
think
our
officers
know
that
we
do
respect
them.
A
We
appreciate
their
service
each
day,
even
where
we
may
have
political
differences
from
all
different
types
of
groups.
We
recognize
that
it's
important
that
kansas
city
has
its
officers
living
here.
When
you
look
at
some
of
the
issues
in
our
country,
lately
minneapolis,
for
example,
where
eight
percent
of
police
officers
lived
within
city
limits.
A
I
will
note
the
following:
while
it
certainly
is
important
to
address
gun
crimes
and
their
impact
upon
children,
both
I
and
a
number
of
other
mayors
in
missouri
wanted
to
see
legislation
that
related
to
ways
we
could
keep
firearms
out
of
the
hands
of
children,
finding
ways
that
we
could
actually
make
it
so
there
weren't
guns
accessible
to
young
people.
That
is
not
something
we
see
today.
You've
also
seen
in
kansas
city.
Us
push
legislation
relating
to
making
sure
guns
are
kept
out
of
the
hands
of
domestic
abusers.
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In
kansas
city
missouri,
we
created
city
charges,
I
would
enjoy
seeing
state
charges
where
a
domestic
abuser
picks
up
a
firearm
and
is
in
many
ways
an
enhanced
threat
to
their
intimate
partners.
That's
something
that
we
do
not
see
today.
What
you
do
see
is
legislation
that
will
largely
enhance
penalties
in
a
number
of
different
areas.
A
A
A
I
called
him
last
thursday
or
actually
several
thursdays
ago.
Now,
after
what
was
a
particularly
challenging
week
in
kansas
city,
we
had
two
police
officers
who
were
shot
one
critically.
We
had
a
week
where
a
number
of
people
were
killed,
including
a
four-year-old
and
every
week
in
kansas
city.
We
continue
to
experience
too
much
violence,
violence
against
children,
violence
against
meaning
in
our
community
violence
against
our
officers.
A
None
of
it
is
acceptable.
The
governor
said
a
few
times
and
I'll
make
it
clear
as
well.
I
support
our
law
enforcement
here
in
kansas
city.
Every
day
they
go
out.
They
work
hard
for
the
best
interests
of
the
people
of
kansas
city,
the
tools
that
we
were
looking
for:
witness
protection,
mental
health
investment,
getting
guns
off
the
streets,
particularly
out
of
the
hands
of
people
who
don't
need
them.
Our
tools
will
make
our
law
enforcement
officers
safer
and
our
children
safer,
repealing
our
2017
legislative
changes
that
altered
concealed
weapons.
A
Laws
in
missouri
would
make
law
enforcement
officers
our
children,
our
communities
safer.
Those
are
the
sorts
of
things
we
need
to
continue
to
fight
for,
although
those
may
not
be
discussed
in
this
legislative
sessions,
there
are
ones
and
their
issues
that
I
remain
committed
to.
So
with
that,
I'm
happy
to
take
any
questions
you
might
have
about
this
legislative
session
and
certainly
relating
to
violent
crime.
I
will
make
one
point
before
I
take
questions.
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If
anybody's
wondering
we
remain
significantly
committed
to
how
we
address
violent
crime
issues
in
kansas
city
and
throughout
missouri,
my
day
started
at
the
weekly
shooting
review
of
the
kansas
city
police
department
at
8
a.m.
I
went
to
the
united
states
courthouse
and
visited
with
the
parents
and
the
family
of
legend
talifaro.
A
A
His
policy
issues
are
ours,
the
mayors,
the
ones
in
special
session.
I
I
will
you
know
just
for
you.
I
will
go
one
by
one:
it's
not
good
television,
but
it's
good
for
for
writers,
police
and
public
safety,
employee,
residency
requirements
in
st
louis.
This
is
this
is
in
some
ways
why
I
have
qualms
with
residency
requirement
changing
here.
I
don't
think
you
can
say
that
if
you
change
where
officers
were
living
immediately,
then
that
would
change
crime
outcomes
in
any
jurisdiction,
including
st
louis.
A
So
I
do
not
think
that
will
be
transformative
juvenile
certification.
What
that
is,
is
it's
a
proposal
that
requires
a
court
to
determine
if
a
juvenile
should
be
certified
for
trial.
As
an
adult,
we
have
tried
that
before
I
remember
being
a
child
in
this
state,
when
governor
carnahan
had
signed
the
1990s
legislation
that
allowed
for
us
to
certify
more
children
as
adults
in
in
criminal
trials,
I
do
not
think
it
made
missourians
safer.
A
Then
I
don't
think
it
makes
missourians
safer
25
years
later,
when
you
look
at
the
witness
statement,
admissibility,
so
hearsay
is
a
rule
that
almost
every
lawyer
knows.
So
this
would
in
a
way
make
it
easier
to
get
convictions
with
different
witness
statement,
admissibility
rules.
You
know
I
I
don't
try
cases
every
day.
Perhaps
that
will
make
things
easier.
A
I
do
think
that
we
still
need
to
have
a
good,
strong
criminal
justice
process,
an
adversarial
process
and
so
taking
away
defendants
rights.
I
don't
think
immediately
is
a
way
that
we
can
actually
modify
things.
A
witness
protection
fund,
as
I've
mentioned
before,
is
outstanding,
and
that
will
make
a
great
difference.
I
think
for
the
people
of
kansas
city
and
the
people
of
missouri,
the
endangering
the
welfare
of
a
child
provision
relates
to
making
it
a
modifying
the
offenses
of
endangering
the
welfare
of
a
child.
A
A
I
understand
where
that's
coming
from
some
of
the
folks,
particularly
in
the
drug
trafficking
business
who
may
hand
or
provide
firearms
to
young
people.
We
do
want
to
discourage
that
level
of
activity.
I
think
there
will
ultimately
be
proof
issues
as
to
whether
you
gave
the
child
the
firearm.
Did
you
encourage
them?
A
You
know
that
that
will
make
some
difference,
but
it
seems
as
if
we're
kind
of
dancing
around
the
edges
of
how
do
we
make
a
real
difference?
How
do
we
actually
make
it?
So
we
are
seizing
firearms
from
those
who
don't
need
to
have
them.
How
are
we
making
a
difference?
You
know
right
now
in
kansas
city.
If
there
is
someone,
because
we
changed
our
firearms
laws,
if
there
is
someone
who
actually
is
driving
around
with
a
firearm
and
of
course
you
don't
need
a
license
for
it,
you
don't
need
any
level
of
training.
A
A
A
We
have
community
interaction
officers,
there's
a
reason
why
we
have
invested,
I
think,
significantly
as
a
department
to
have
social
workers,
and
so
many
others
is
because
we
realize
that
the
better
trust
you
have
with
a
community
the
more
likely
it
is
that
very
community
will
talk
to
you,
the
very
the
more
likely
it
is.
That
community
will
let
you
know
what's
going
on
who
the
people
are
that
are
engaged
with
all
types
of
different
things,
and
I
think
another
step
of
that
is
having
police
officers,
who
you
know
believe
it
or
not.
A
I
you
know,
I
shudder
to
think
about
the
fact
that
if
they
change
the
residency
requirement
in
st
louis
and
you
have
somebody
who
lives
you
know
in
belleville
illinois
does
that
person
is
that
person
more
attuned
to
issues
in
you
know
the
central
west
end
of
st
louis.
I
don't
think
so,
and
I
think
if
we
were
to
look
to
it
in
kansas
city,
I
don't
think
I
could
say
that
somebody
who
lives
in
olathe
is
necessarily
better
attuned
to
issues
in
kansas
city
missouri
than
somebody
who
lives
here
goes
to
sleep
here.
A
A
And
by
the
way,
good
to
see
you,
I
know
you're
often
in
wyandotte
county,
so
we're
happy
to
have
you
here
today.
You
know
I
would
say
that
no,
the
our
violent
crime
problems
are
not
linked
to
the
protests.
The
reason
I
know
that
is
because
I
became
mayor
back
on
august
one
of
last
year
someone
got
murdered
that
night.
Somebody
got
murdered
the
next
night.
I
think
seven
people
got
murdered
within
the
next
week
and
it
has
been
kind
of
a
consistent
trend
for
the
entire
year.
A
A
A
A
I
I
think
it
is
very
important
that
we
have
officers
in
the
community
who
have
the
chance
to
interact
who
have
the
chance
to
get
to
know
neighborhoods
and
organizations.
I
will
always
support
that,
and
I
I
I
supported
that
when
I
was
a
city
councilman.
I
was
running
for
mayor
and
I'll
continue
to,
and
let's
talk
briefly
about
another
issue
that
will
be
very
important
for
this
city
and
that's
the
budget
for
the
kansas
city
police
department.
A
A
I
am
someone
who
believes
that
we
need
to
make
sure
that
we
are
adequately
funding
police,
particularly
as
we
want
them
to
address
important
issues
for
us.
I
don't
think
it
would
be
helpful
for
us
to
cut
millions
of
dollars
out
of
a
budget,
so
we
couldn't
actually
have
new,
recruiting
classes,
new,
recruiting
classes
that
have
black
officers,
latino
officers
more
female
officers,
a
lot
of
things
people
been
asking
for,
and
so
I
think,
as
we
look
at
our
budget
future,
we
need
to
actually
see
all
right.
A
What
are
important,
programmatic
things
that
we
need
from
our
department?
How
can
we
actually
address
them
and
not
just
how
we
can
join
in
kind
of
a
the
middle
of
a
culture
war?
That's
happening
throughout
our
country?
That's
an
area
that
I'm
not
interested
in
one
that
I
hope
here
in
kansas
city
and
again
we
might
get
to
a
point
where
we
see
that
are
some
budget
reductions.
I'm
somebody
who
wants
us
always
to
get
rid
of
lawyers,
administrators
bureaucracy
that
I'm
with
that
and
I
think
that's
just
fiscal
responsibility.
A
What
I'm
not
about
is
just
saying
hey,
let's
just
cut
30
million
dollars,
because
you
know
it
seems
like
a
good
thing
to
do.
Yes,
sir,
can
you
talk
about
the
200
layoffs
in
the
social
services?
Yeah
yeah?
Absolutely
so.
Actually,
good
reporting
from
the
kansas
city
star
today
is
where
I
learned
it
reporting
about
layoff
significant
layoffs
in
missouri
government,
as
it
turns
out,
I
think,
relating
to
budget
cuts.
The
state
of
missouri
is
planning
to
lay
off
about
500
or
eliminate
500
positions.
A
200
of
those
are
unfilled.
300
of
those
are
filled
of
the
of
those
300
200
come
from
the
department
of
social
services.
I
mean
at
a
certain
point.
You
have
to
ask
yourself:
what
are
we
doing
right?
Social
services
are
vital
and
important,
and
it
is
so
interesting
that
we're
having
a
conversation
right
now
about
violent
crime-
and
everybody
says
oh
yeah,
but
there
are
also
these
precedent
issues,
but
you
know
what
what
leads
to
violent
crime
is.
The
fact
that
you
have
people
that
aren't
actually
getting
good
counseling
after
they've
been
abused.
A
It's
people
that
can't
find
good
homes,
it's
children
that
don't
have
an
opportunity
to
get.
I
think
the
level
of
respect
that
we
need
from
our
society
that
so
many
other
children
do
and
so
for
the
state
and
it's
fairly
significant
cuts
to
make
them
so
significant
in
one
area
and
one
department,
80
80,
as
an
8-0
out
of
children's
services,
is
abhorrent
to
me,
and
you
know
we
don't
live
in
a
missouri
bubble.
A
I
I'm
my
heart's
broken
by
the
three-year-old
who
was
murdered
in
kansas
city,
kansas,
which
I
think
in
no
small
part
relates
to
a
failure
of
their
division
of
children
and
family
services
in
the
state
of
kansas
and
for
us
in
missouri
to
be
looking
like
we're
going
down.
The
exact
same
path
is
something
that
I
think
is
exceedingly
troubling.
I
think
it
is
a
threat
to
public
safety.
I
think
it's
a
threat
to
child
welfare.
A
I
think
it's
a
threat
to
the
people
of
missouri
and
I
hope
it's
something
that
they
reconsider
as
soon
as
possible.
Adding
more
money
for
mental
health,
yes,
yeah!
Absolutely.
I
had
a
conversation
with
the
governor
yesterday
where
we
talked
about
needing
more
money
in
the
mental
health
arena,
and
sometimes
people
think
that
we're
actually
just
busy
on
partisan
issues
we're
not.
If
I
had
critiques
for
people,
it's
actually
the
critique.
A
I
have
for
governor
jay
nixon
a
democrat
in
missouri
when
we
first
saw
reduced
funding
to
our
mental
health
triage
center
in
kansas
city
at
12th
and
prospect
you
know,
look
we
can't
just
pay
lip
service
to
what's
important.
You
can't
just
say
mental
health
is
important.
Finding
opportunities
for
counseling
for
our
children.
Finding
money
for
de-escalation
are
important
issues
and
continue
to
cut
budgets
there.
A
I
think
that
you
know
some
of
the
others
are
child
welfare.
Juvenile
certification
were
not
things
that
we
covered
had
they
been.
I
probably
would
have
shown
some
of
my
lack
of
interest
or
attraction
in
those
proposals,
but
you
know
I
I
will
say
this.
The
governor
has
shown
a
willingness
to
work
with
us.
I
do
hope
we
see
witness
protection
get
past
the
finish
line.
A
I
think
a
lot
of
these
other
important
steps,
including
mental
health
investments,
some
of
our
gun
laws
that
I
think
are
counterproductive
to
fighting
violent
crime
in
missouri
and
and
I'll
also
note,
this
I've
talked
to
a
number
of
members
of
the
state
legislature,
including
those
in
the
majority
republican
leadership,
and
I
think
many
of
them
know
that
violent
crime
is
a
sufficiently
important
issue
that
we
need
to
find
areas
of
agreement.
Hopefully
witness
protection
is
the
first
part
of
it.
Are
there
any
other
questions
for
you?
If
not?
Thank
you
all
so
much.