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From YouTube: City of Kansas City, Mo. Public Safety and Emergency Services Committee - February 6, 2013
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C
Good
morning
to
all
the
members
of
the
committee,
it
always
seems
like
when
I,
when
I
come,
that
I've
been
gone
for
a
long
period
of
time,
South
Patrol
start
off
with
our
crime
updates.
As
far
as
robberies
we've
seen
a
slight
decrease
from
this
period
last
year,
although
slight,
it's
still
a
decrease
which
is
always
good
news.
No
change
on
our
homicides.
We've
had
two
in
the
month
of
January,
one
of
those
was
a
domestic
violence-related
and
the
other
I'll
talk
about
in
a
few
moments.
Agg
assaults.
This
is
this
is
good
news.
C
Agg
assaults
are
down
41-percent
aggravated
associated
assaults,
which
means
any
type
of
assault,
usually
involving
a
weapon
we
had
last
year
in
January
we
had
29
this
month
we
had
this
January
of
2013.
We
ended
up
with
17,
so
that's
good
news,
as
always:
there's
always
a
chance
of
AG
assaults,
leading
eventually
to
homicide.
So
that's
that's
good!
That's
good
news.
Our
biggest
increase,
however,
we
seen
was
from
theft
from
autos
and
there's
two
there's
two
isolated
incidents
that
accounted
are
attributed
to
that
increase
one
about
last
weekend,
too
weekends
ago
we
had
about.
C
There
was
a
27
catalytic
converters
stolen
from
several
businesses,
believe
it
or
not
in
the
on
the
same
block
where
the
Old
South
patrol
station
used
to
be,
and
we
had
literally
no
crime
there
until
we
moved
out.
So
what
we
we
do
have
some
pretty
good
leads
and
we
think
we've
identified
some
suspects
in
those
stealing's.
The
other
was
in
southeast
Kansas
City,
where
we
had
several
police
cars
broken
into
on
one
night
at
accounting
and
going
back
to
the
weekend.
There
is
a
total
of
about
seven
and
we
we
still.
C
We
have
some
good
information
on
that.
Detectives
have
been
running
down
information
from
the
tips
Hotline
and
we
we
think
we've
developed
a
few
suspects
so
that
that's
an
ongoing
investigation
and
and
then
include
some
sheriff's
yeah.
Also,
it
also
included
my
car
yeah
so
and-
and
they
didn't
get
anything
out
of
the
KCPD
cars,
because
we
don't
keep
any
valuable
stuff
in
our
vehicles-
learn
that
a
long
time
ago,
I
think
they
did
get
some
yep
from.
C
From
Jackson
County
and
Donna
Sheriff's,
what
we're
thinking
is
they
they
hit
the
sheriff's
cars
that
that
friday
and
got
some
weapons
out
of
there,
so
they
figured
okay.
Let's
you
know
we
got
the
cash
cow
there,
let's
see
if
we
can
hit
some
more
cars,
but
we've
got
some
measures
in
place
as
well
as
some
extra
patrol
and
some
some
other
things
that
I
really
can't
go
into,
but
hopefully
in
the
next
month
or
two
we'll
we'll
get
a
suspect
on
that
and
officers
are
continuing.
Also
of
note.
C
In
december,
we
arrested
a
individual
for
rape
who
had
in
responsible
for
about
four
rapes
that
have
occurred
last
year,
going
back
to
early
March
in
South,
Patrol
and
DNA
connected
him
to
four
of
the
rapes,
and
this
was
one
guy
that
we
had
been
hot
after
because
not
only
was
he
raping
the
victims,
he
was
also
robbing
them
and
a
couple
occurred
around
hillcrest
community
center.
So
that's
good
news
he's
in
custody
and
we
haven't
seen
any
any
new
offenses
since
he's
been
in
custody,
also
we're
continuing
to
maintain
a
presence
in
Ruskin.
C
C
Now
we're
making
contact
with
every
physical
school
building
in
South
Patrol,
which
is
33
schools,
to
include
five
colleges
and
what
we're
doing
is
we're
contacting
the
principles
or
the
person
responsible
for
the
building
directly,
making
face-to-face
contact,
exchanging
information
and
eventually
we'll
put
together
a
cell
phone
and
email
database
as
well
as
I,
attended
a
meeting
on
Monday
with
the
Hickman
middle
school
district
and
and
I'm.
Not
just
saying
this
because
I'm
the
south
patrol
division
commander.
C
But
I
think
the
Hickman
Mills
school
district
and
South
Patrol
has
probably
the
best
relationship
of
any
division
in
school
district
in
the
city
and
we
met
and
they
called
a
special
board
meeting,
had
Jackson
County,
Sheriff,
Mike,
Sharpe,
police,
chief
of
Grandview
and
myself,
and
we
discussed
different
ways
to
continue
to
improve
on
the
safety
and
security
of
the
school
district
and
the
neighborhood
around
the
school
district.
And
and
it
was-
and
we
also
just
discussed
some
other
things
about
actual
crime
as
opposed
to
the
fear
of
crime.
C
Also,
on
the
community
front,
we
will
be
having
a
drug
Buy
back
at
the
new
South
patrol
division
on
April
27th
from
10
to
2
p.m.
where
you
can
bring
in
your
prescription
drugs.
Your
over-the-counter
drugs,
no
marijuana,
no
cocaine.
We
hope
don't
bringing
any
drugs
like
that,
because
we
may
take
you
if
you
bring
those
kind
of
drugs.
B
C
Is
over
drugs
and
prescription
drugs,
but
if
you,
if
you
do
have
information
on
that,
we
can
always
talk
to
you
and
follow
up
on
that
and
one
more
one,
more
thing
of
note
on
on
the
drug
issue:
South
Patrol,
we
are
continued
to
experience
problems
with
marijuana.
That
appears
to
be
the
drug
of
choice.
Our
south
and
I
know.
There's!
If
you
look
in
the
media,
that
people
feel
that
marijuana
is,
you
know
a
mild
drug
and
it
doesn't
create
violence,
and
that's
not
true.
C
Actually,
two
of
our
last
three
homicides
going
back
to
December
at
South
Patrol
was
involving
marijuana
and
that's
what
we're
starting
to
see
the
marijuana
related
homicides
are
now
replacing
the
crack
related
homicides.
So
marijuana
is
not
an
innocent
drug
drug,
as
we
may
see
in
the
media,
because
wherever
there's
money
and
illegal
drugs
there's
going
to
be
violence
regardless
of
what
you're,
what
you're
selling
or
what
you're
dealing
and
also
the
community
rooms.
C
The
community
is
taking
advantage
of
them
where
our
rooms
are
getting
booked
just
about
every
week
and
we're
making
new
community
contacts
through
that
recognizing
people
that
we
really
didn't
even
know
existed
in
the
community.
There
they're
coming
into
the
station
booking
the
room,
and
so
we're
pretty
excited
about
that
and
that's
all
I
have
for
South
Patrol.
If
you
have
any
questions,
Thank.
A
A
C
A
And
I'm
pleased
that
no
firearms
were
taken
in
the
break
ends
of
our
police
cars,
because
I
know
there
were
at
least
some
assault
rifles
taken
from
the
deputy
sheriff's
cars
that
were
broken
into,
and
so
that
was
a
very
serious
situation.
I'm
glad
you
have
some
leads
and
on
the
day
when
people
can
bring
their
prescription
and
over-the-counter
drugs
that
have
expired
to
south
patrol
to
turn
them
in
that
was
April
27th,
yes,
April.
C
A
D
You
mr.
chair
major
Oakman,
thanks
for
the
very
comprehensive
report,
as
usual,
very
good,
a
couple
comments:
1
is
on
the
community
room,
I'm
glad
to
hear
that
that's
being
used.
We
had,
we
saw
evidence
of
what
a
great
location
it
is
and
it's
great
to
create
that
are
more
interaction
with
the
police
department.
D
At
the
annual
South
Casey
chamber,
Grandview
joint
chamber
meeting
with
standing
room
only
I
mean
it
was
packed
and
that's
a
much
larger
attendance
than
usual
meetings
each
each
year
and
that
for
that
type
of
meeting,
so
you
know
I
think
the
more
we
can
get
the
word
out
for
you
that
that
it's
a
great
meeting
facility,
it's
safe,
good
way.
For
typically,
we
have
a
few
police
officers
stopped
in
to
join
the
meeting
which
ever
meeting
we've
had
they're.
So
it's
a
good
thing
question
for
you
on.
D
You
mentioned
your
interaction
with
the
school
districts.
That's
very
positive
and
I'd
like
to
you
know,
encourage
that
as
much
as
possible
as
time
constraints.
Allow
one
specific
thing:
that's
been
happening
across
state
line.
It
hasn't
been
in
the
news
and
our
side
of
the
state
line,
but
one
thing
I'm
curious
as
to
whether
this
is
being
addressed
internally
or
we're
doing
preventative
measures
with
the
school
districts
is
on
the
there
have
been
about
three
cases
recently:
a
child
enticement
across
state
line
and
in
a
couple
school
districts
of
younger
students
and
I.
D
Think
in
many
of
these
cases
the
individual
involved
was
not
successful
in
the
child
enticement,
but
that
the
children
reacted
and
went
away
from
the
person.
But
the
concern
is,
it
sounds
like
these
are
at
least
what
the
news
is.
Reporting
are
different
individuals
and
it
sounds
like
they
haven't
been
caught
yet,
and
so
just
because
they're
on
a
cross
state
line
now
doesn't
mean
that
they
wouldn't
come
across
state
line.
Are
we
doing
anything
when
you
see
something
like
that
happening?
I
know
it
happens
all
the
time,
but
it
just
seems
like
recently.
C
Yeah
when,
when
that,
when
that
happens,
what
what
happens
is
is
that
we
sin
a
bulletin
out
across
all
the
school
districts
and
I
know
in
Hickman
with
the
security
director
there
we
keep.
We
keep
a
database
with
all
the
information
and
because
what's
happened
a
couple
times
last
year
we
had
a
similar
incident
and
we
were
able
to
identify
the
car
and
do
some
license
plate
checks
and
what
what
we
did
is
we
put
one
of
our
license
plate
readers
out
and
what
this
car
does
is.
C
So
we're
able
to
relay
that
information
because
we
do
have
several
incidents
where
the
kids
who
come
in
and
say
hey
this
and
it
didn't
get
that
far,
but
they
would
mention
the
description
of
the
car.
Something
wasn't
right
about
it
and
then
they
would
let
us
know
and
we'll
issue
a
pickup,
stop
the
car
and
identify
the
occupant
so
we're
kind
of
we're
kind
of
on
top
of
that
as
it
as
it
as
it
unfolds.
That's.
E
E
I've
been
to
several
events
that
have
been
citywide
events
out
self
and
you've
been
there,
you've
been
present
and
greeting
members
of
the
public
and
working
in
with
them
directly
and
so
a
big
thank
you
for
that,
because
I
think
that's
extremely
important
that
a
lot
of
times
we
hear
about
the
interactions
with
police
officers
and
then
them
just
being
there
to
you
know
cause
trouble.
Sometimes
it
depend
on
who
you're
talking
to
but
I've
seen
firsthand
your
interaction
with
citizens
and
I
just
want
to
commend
you
for
that
in
your
hard
work.
E
The
second
is
a
quick
question
here
about
you
mentioned
the
increase
in
our
I
guess
there
was
some
crime
that
occurred
around
the
area
of
the
old
police
station
yeah.
Could
you
tell
me
if
it's
vacant
and
if
there
are
any
future
plans
to
place
a
tenant
in
that
building,
are
what
they're
planning
to
do
with
that
building?
If
you
are
aware,
the.
C
The
last
that
I
heard
of
the
building
is
that
we
were
going
to
return
it
back
to
the
city
and
they
were
going
to
sell
that
particular
building
it
and
the
building
seems
to
be
in
pretty
good,
pretty
good
shape
other
than
some
cosmetic
stuff
on
the
interior.
But
structurally
the
building
seems
to
be
pretty
good
shape,
as
well
as
the
other
issue
would
probably
come
up
with
the
gas
tank.
That's
on
the
back
side
of
it.
I
know
that
that
will
be
an
issue
when
you
try
to
sell
it
to
another
tenant.
I
think.
E
It's
interested
in
here.
You
say
that
you
know
nothing
there.
There
was
no
crimes
or
anything
happened
in
the
area
until
you
all
moved
so
I
do
think
that
that
actually
speaks
volumes
for
were
actually
police
stations
are
placed
in
communities
and
what
that's?
What
people
say
about
the
community
announced
since
it's
a
vacant?
Shell,
basically,
and
no
one-
is
actually
occupying
it.
What
people
think
they
can
do
in
the
area?
The
last
thing,
I
basically
say,
is
the
kind
of
a
plug
for
budget
hearing.
E
We've
talked
about
the
new
police
station
out
there
out
south
in
our
next
well.
Our
last
budget
hearing
is
going
to
be
out
in
South
Kansas
City
at
that
facility
on
the
twenty-third
and
that's
from
nine
to
eleven
o'clock
on
a
Saturday
so
saturday
to
twenty
thirty
nine
to
eleven
at
the
new
South
patrol
police
station
for
final
budget
hearing
for
the
public.
E
A
You
councilman
and
made
sure
we
certainly
want
to.
Thank
you
for
your
presentation.
It's
interesting
that
you
mentioned
the
theft
of
the
catalytic
converters
because,
as
you
know,
one
of
the
city's
legislative
priorities
that
councilman
Wagner's
taking
the
lead
on
is
to
try
to
get
stronger
state
legislation
to
a
better
deter,
scrap
dealers
from
purchasing
stolen
items
like
catalytic
converters,
and
you
might
want
to
stick
around
if
you
can
I
know
you're
on
a
tight
schedule.
A
A
I'd
like
to
ask
our
two
colleagues
to
to
kind
of
introduce
this
because
they
brought
this
idea
to
us
and
we
greatly
appreciate
it
and
sorry
had
to
wait
a
little
bit.
We
got
into
more
questioning
of
the
things
going
on
South
Patrol
than
I
anticipated,
but
we
really
appreciate
you
bringing
this
idea
to
a
civil
health
Public
Safety
throughout
the
city
and
I'll
turn
it
over
to
you.
Whoever
would
like
to
go
first,
I
want.
F
To
say,
I
would
appreciate
the
major
the
South
Patrol
is
going
to
host
our
budget
hearing
on
februari
23rd.
So
we
are
definitely
utilizing
that
spot
and
I
was
interested
when
he
talked
about
some
car
break-ins
in
his
report,
and
that
has
been
an
issue
that
all
of
our
districts
face,
but,
according
to
our
wonderful
officer,
Jim
Shriver
who
works
in
the
central
Patrol,
that's
one
of
the
most
preventable
crimes
that
we
can
deal
with
in
the
city,
because
really
it's
just
a
public
awareness
of
take
your
GPS
out
of
your
car.
F
Take
your
computer
out
of
your
car.
Take
your
purse
out
of
your
car,
and
so
councilman
Glover
and
I
were
at
a
meeting
of
the
crossroads
neighborhood
and
they
are,
as
you
know,
the
creative
catalysts
for
our
district
and
patrolman
Shriver
was
talking
about.
You
know
a
variety
of
issues
and
they
said
well,
you
know
with
our
creativity.
Maybe
we
can
help
the
city.
Do
something
really
catchy
to
inform
people
about
the
need
to
not
leave
things
in
their
car
and
prevent
this
crime
from
happening?
F
Because
always
prevention
is
the
best
way
to
deal
with
this
and
there's
probably
no
better
group
of
people
than
the
creative
folks
at
the
crossroads.
To
do
something
really
catchy
Potomac
Iver
talked
about
in
Minneapolis.
They
have
a
campaign
called
keep
your
junk
in
your
trunk,
and
so
that
was
catchy.
We
thought
you
know
that's
one
option,
but
the
people
in
the
Crossroads.
You
know
they,
if
you
unleash
them,
I,
have
a
feeling
that
they
could
work
with
the
city
and
do
something
that's
uniquely
Kansas
City.
F
G
So
it's
it's
an
issue
that
pertains
throughout
the
country
as
well
as
in
the
metropolitan
area.
It's
not
one
specific
neighborhood,
but
where
people
gather
and
things
are
visible
in
a
parked
car
that
are
a
value
they're,
attractive
and
people
will
cruise
barking
here
is
whether,
wherever
it
is
and
right
break
in
and
grab
the
the
item
and
the
easy
way
to
do,
that
is
to
not
put
it
there
in
invisible
space,
but
either
to
put
it
in
the
trunk
or
someplace
else,
and
we.
D
H
G
Help
and
the
ad
we
thought
could
be
a
good
part
of
channel
twos
crime
prevention,
where
we
could
play
it
on
channel
2
and
have
a
regular
spot
advising
people
how
to
handle
this,
and
so
we
can
drive
down
and
at
least
in
Kansas
City.
You
know
it
wouldn't
affect
the
car
break-ins
and
in
lees
summit
or
Johnson
County,
which
it
happens
there.
You
know,
but
they
don't
have
the
opportunity
to
watch
channel
2
because
we're
not
getting
Sicilians.
G
A
Greatly
appreciate
you
bringing
this
idea
to
us
we're
going
to
hear
from
pacline
and
his
staff
and
police
department
staff
on
ways
to
implement
this,
but
I
think
it's
fair
to
say
that
we
have
heard
that
this
is
a
problem
from
every
patrol
division
that
there
comes
in
and
gives
us
the
report.
And
we
know
it's
a
problem.
Metropolitan.
F
G
F
I
I
First
of
all,
let
me
just
say
that
we
think
this
is
a
great
idea
and
we're
all
about
doing
this
partnering
and
getting
the
word
out
on
communications.
It
is
also
ties
into
some
of
our
other
stuff
that
we've
got
going
on
in
communications,
and
I
thought
I'd
get
it
we'd
get
everybody
kind
of
involved,
Oh
kind
of
a
give
you
an
update.
So,
as
all
of
you
aware,
I'm
just
the
acting
city,
communications
director,
dennis
canyon,
great
employee,
left
for
his
dream
job
at
the
University
of
Missouri
I
know
what
university
was
already
sorry.
I
D
B
I
We
won't
get
into
that
discussion
today.
Currently
we
have
the
job.
The
director
job
open,
it'll,
be
open
until
the
19th
I've
checked
with
the
human
resources.
Today,
they've
got
96
applicants
already
for
that
job
and
it's
still
open
for
two
more
weeks
so
I'm
hoping
that
we
will
have
interviews
the
first
couple
of
weeks
of
March
and
then
we
will
try
to
get
somebody
on
board.
So
I
can
give
this
job
back
to
the
person
who
really
knows
how
to
do
it
and
by
the
end
of
March.
I
So,
hopefully,
we'll
have
somebody
in
this
role.
Currently
there's
only
seven
staff,
members
and
city
communications.
We've
got
three
guys
that
kind
of
run
channel
to
channel
2
has
some
issues
a
couple
of
probably
six
weeks
ago
we
had
go
down
during
business
session.
Channel
2
is
run
on
equipment,
that's
1995
technology
I
mean
it's
essentially
a
imagine
yourself
on
your
computer
using
a
286.
Still,
that's
that's.
I
What
channel
two
is
Joel
and
Damon
and
the
guys
do
a
great
job
of
keeping
that
up
the
city
managers
were
doing
some
equipment
move
out
so
we're
in
the
process
of
changing
that
technology
and
trying
to
bring
that
technology
up
to
up
to
par,
because
right
now,
in
my
opinion,
it's
Joe
keeps
it
together
with
baling
wire
and
duct
tape
that
that's
an
improvement
that
will
happen.
We've
already
hired
a
social
media.
I
You
saw
an
example
of
a
failed
social
media
policy
with
applebees
just
saying
Louis
a
couple
of
weeks
with
a
young
lady
who
posted
something
on
Facebook
about
something
that
she
got
with
a
tip
and
ended
up
costing
her
a
job
which
the
policy
was
and
applebees
honestly
did
not.
They
followed
the
policy,
but
they
didn't
handle
it
very
good.
In
communication,
wise
after
that,
they
didn't
kind
of
expect
it
to
go
viral
like
it
did
and
that
you
know
they
just
on
sat
on
it.
I
So
there
are
some
things
you
can
do
to
be
proactive
and
we're
moving.
That
way,
we've
also
in
the
process
of
hiring
a
copywriter
to
help
us
with
our
the
copywriting.
We've
got
an
intern.
We've
got
one
lady
who
works
on
the
internal
communications
and
we've
got
Joel
and
another
lady
who
work
on
all
the
web
stuff.
So
two
people
in
this
entire
city
are
doing
the
web
stuff,
so
it's
we're
really
thin
on
communication
staff.
So
when
we
get
our
new
director,
we
get
these
two.
I
These
two
staff
members
that
are
on
going
for
next
year,
full
staff
members
it'll
that
will
really
help
because
will
will
be
increased.
We
get
the
new
equipment
for
channel
2
will
move
that
direction.
One
of
the
things
that
I
found-
and
it
ties
to
directly
to
this
is
our
website,
especially
for
videos,
is
not
very
conducive
to
videos.
I
When
this
I
mean
we
had
previously
been
looking
at
the
improvements
for
our
website
and
we've
got,
we've
got
hundreds
of
videos
on
our
website,
a
lot
of
them
date
back
to
two
thousand
six
and
they're
all
kinds
of
good
videos.
We've
got
videos
on
swift
water
rescue
just
in
public
safety.
Just
I
looked
up
mounted
KCPD
mounted
patrol
we've
got
evident,
trace
evidence,
CSI,
fire
prevention,
lead,
poisoning
prevention,
domestic
violence,
play
it
safe,
driving
seat
belt,
PSA,
red
light
cameras.
We've
got
all
these
great
videos,
but
they're
really
hard
to
find
on
our
website.
I
You
can't
just
type
in
the
search
and
be
right
there.
So
what
we
were,
but
we've
been
in
the
process
of
doing,
is
changing
to
what
I'll
call
a
Casey,
YouTube
and
John
has.
This
has
been
putting
this
web
page
together
and
what
it
allows
us
to
do
is
we've
got
categories
on
the
left
side.
So
what,
when
you
pull
up
this
homepage,
you'll
pull
it
up
and
you'll
you'll
be
right
there
and
the
videos
that
are
up
there
are
the
ones
that
we've
just
the
latest
ones
up.
I
So
if
on
the
home
page
you'll
see
the
five
or
six
videos
that
their
latest
ones
up,
if
you
want
to
search
by
categories,
you've
got
categories
on
there,
so
you've
got.
If
you
want
to
look
at
the
weekly
reports,
you
can
do
them
there.
If
you
want
to
look
at
FYI,
see
you
can
you
can
look
at
them
there?
I
If
you
want
to
do
arts
or
you
want
to
look
at
council
committees,
if
you
want
to
do
health
or
infrastructure,
related
police
or
public
safety,
you
can
just
click
on
that,
so
we'll
go
that
will
go
to
public
safety.
It's
interesting!
You
were
talking
about
break-ins
and
keep
your
junk
in
your
trunk.
For
those
of
you
who
have
a
trunk,
we
have.
We
have
a
PSA
from
2010
that
talks
about
auto
break-ins.
It
does
need
to
be
updated.
I
It's
got
some
stats
from
2009
and
it's
got
some
stats
from
2010,
so
we've
been
working
with
PD
KCPD
you
let
Steve
talk
about
their
stuff.
They've
also
got
a
YouTube
channel.
So
what
we've
done
is
we've
taken
a
bunch
of
their
videos
from
their
YouTube
channel,
put
them
onto
ours?
One
of
the
issues
we
have
here
in
the
city
is
we
have
a
lot
of
our
videos
on
Granicus,
converting
them
from
Granicus
over
to
the
youtube
south.
Each
video
takes
about
an
hour.
So
it's
very
intensive
to
get
these
hundred.
It's
not
like.
I
We
can
just
click
and
move
them
over
and
there's
some
work
that
needs
to
be
in
technology
wise
and
every
time
we
transfer
them.
We
lose
a
bit
of
quality
on
the
videos,
so
we're
working
through
that
process.
It's
a
slow
process,
but
we've
it
kind
of
ties
in.
So
we
want
to
play
this
auto,
auto
brake
in
video,
real,
quick
and
I.
Think
it's
only
a
couple
of
minutes.
So
if
you,
if
you
don't
mind.
J
Efrem
autos
is
a
problem
that
concerns
all
of
us
in
one
week
within
the
kc
metro
area,
100
GPS
units
39,
digital
cameras,
150
stereos
and
32
iPods
were
pond
in
2009
theft
from
autos,
and
the
related
vehicle
damage
was
responsible
for
twenty-five
percent
of
all
the
reported
crime
in
Kansas
City
Missouri.
There
are
simple
steps
you
can
take
to
reduce
your
chances
of
becoming
a
victim.
These
are
known
to
break
into
a
car
just
for
the
paid
change
in
the
console,
so
imagine
how
motivated
they
are.
J
When
they
see
a
GPS
ipod
cell
phone
or
laptop,
they
could
pawn
be
sure
to
remove
any
items
of
value
from
view
to
avoid
becoming
a
target
thieves,
most
likely
won't
break
into
your
vehicle
just
to
see
if
there's
anything
of
value
nationwide
each
year,
1.25
five
billion
dollars
in
personal
items
and
accessories
are
stolen
from
vehicles.
In
about
1.85
million
thefts,
you
can
take
an
active
role
in
preventing
theft
from
other
vehicles
as
well,
be
cautious
of
those
loitering
and
parking
lots
and
report
it.
J
Should
you
have
a
break
in
there
are
things
you
can
do
to
improve
your
chances
of
getting
your
stuff
back
right
down
model
and
serial
numbers
of
all
your
electronics
a
great
place
to
store
it
is
on
an
internet
based
email
account
like
yahoo
or
hotmail.
That
way,
if
your
computer
is
stolen,
you
can
retrieve
the
information
from
any
other
computer.
Also
take
note
of
identifiable
marks.
J
Nicks
and
scratches
I
have
a
friend
who
uses
white
liquid
paper
to
mark
dots
on
all
of
his
stuff,
even
as
golf
clubs
and
as
tennis
rackets
in
our
next
series
we'll
talk
about
what
to
do.
If
you
become
a
victim
of
a
property
crime
and
how
KCPD
handles
recovered
property,
I'm
Shelly
gaddis
working
with.
I
This
is
one
way
we
we
can
work
this
through
the
web,
and
then
we
can
also
program
these
these
public
service
announcements
into
our
free
time
that
we
have
on
channel
2.
So
that's
one
of
the
ways
we're
working
we're
trying
to
increase
our
web
presence
and
make
it
a
little
easier
to
see
these
videos
and
get
to
them
and
then
we're
also
trying
to
you
know:
we've
got
the
issue
of
updating
the
videos
and
making
sure
that
they're
their
current.
We
don't
want
to
do
something.
I
That's
got
so
old
information,
so
we'll
work
will
do
that.
Will
work
with
the
police.
The
police
department
try
to
make
sure
and
if
the
crossroads
and
some
of
the
creative
folks
want
to
help
us
we'll
definitely
partner
with
them,
so
I'm
going
to
throw
it
over
to
mr.
young
and
let
him
talk
about
the
police
department
in
the
public
information.
Thank.
K
K
You
know
they
range
from
anything
from
crime
prevention,
to
recruitment,
to
what
not
to
do
when
you
get
pulled
over
and
obviously
a
lot
of
other,
more
lighthearted
things
as
well,
and
whenever
he
does
get
one
produced,
we'll
send
it
to
the
city,
and
so
they
can
put
it
on
channel
two,
but
then
we'll
also
put
it
on
our
youtube
channel
and
then
Sarah
Boyd.
Our
social
media
guru,
will
tweet
about
it
to
let
everybody
know
so.
It's
been
pretty
successful
for
us.
A
I
Then
they're
not
on
their
not
on
live
yet
we've
were
in
the
process
that
you
can
see
here
on
the
police
when
he's
got
several
police
videos
that
we've
taken
from
the
police
YouTube
site-
and
we
moved
those
over
he's-
also
also
working
on
the
categories
and
try-
and
you
know-
we've
got
sustainability,
trying
to
group
these
into
stuff.
That
makes
sense.
So
when
the
citizens
look
at
it,
I
mean
I'm
familiar
with
the
city,
so
it
and
some
of
them
may
make
sense
to
me,
but
we
want
to.
I
I
It's
not
ready
to
go
yet
it's
just
in
its
introductory
stage,
but
it
really
tied
in
nicely
when
councilman
sharp
called
last
week
and
I
said
well,
you
know
we're
actually
working
on
similar
paths
and
trying
to
do
it
holistically
once
it's
done,
will
probably
send
out
a
little
tweet
and
put
some
stuff
on
our
facebook
to
announce
it,
and
maybe
a
press
release
also
so
move
in
that
direction.
Well,.
A
We
greatly
appreciate
your
innovation
on
this
and
certainly
appreciate
the
police
department's
cooperation,
because
this
is
a
way
that
we
can
really
help
our
citizens
prevent
crime
from
taking
place
in
the
first
place,
and
we
still
have
some
dead
space
on
channel
2
from
time
to
time
and
and
certainly
having
these
PSAs
running.
You
know
in
a
rotation,
I
think
would
be
much
more
interesting
to
people
and
certainly
much
more
helpful
to
people
any
questions
or
witnesses.
Yes,
serum
is
lost.
E
Chairman
I
would
just
add
on
to
your
comments
from
what
you
just
said.
Is
that
yes
they're
running
on
channel
2,
but
the
Youtube
version
of
these
really
allow
for
people
to
just
kind
of
go
to
them
whenever
they
want.
You
know,
I
can't
tell
you
how
much
time
I
spend
sometimes
when
I'm,
just
trying
to
unwind
on
youtube,
watching
video
clips
for
for
all
type
of
things.
E
D
Custom
tailored
Thank
You
mr.
chair
I
really
want
to
thank
everybody
for
your
hard
work
on
this,
because
this
will
make
a
difference.
We
and
we
have
a
small
example
in
another
area
within
the
city.
We
on
the
busier
website
our
business
assistance
website.
We
had
reworked
it
with
communications
and
part
of
the
issue
we
were
having
and
getting
some
of
the
new
information
out
was
the
Granicus
the
issues
with
Granicus,
because
the
what
we
found
is
we
had
some
good
informational
videos
that
could
have
been
sent
out
to
a
lot
of
our
local
chambers.
D
D
With
this
it'll
make
a
difference,
and
we
know
it
does
make
a
difference
because
in
that
example,
with
biz
care,
I
think
we
went
from
when
we
reconfigured
just
that
one
part
of
the
web
page
for
to
put
all
the
business
resources
on
one
spot
with
the
YouTube
videos
where
we
had
instructional
videos.
We
went
in
the
month
before
that
switch
over
from
about
what
three
to
three
hundred
hits
up
to
about.
4,000
hits
the
next
month,
I
mean
that's
how
dramatic
it
is
because
you
make
it
available.
D
So
I'm
really
excited
what
this
could
do
for
getting
information
out
in
the
public
safety
area
working
with
the
police
department,
especially
since
you
have
already
spent
a
lot
of
time
creating
some
of
these
videos.
We
don't
need
to
start
from
scratch
on
some
of
this,
so
it's
a
way
of
getting
really
blasting
that
information
out.
D
What
we
found
is
a
lot
of
community
groups
will
take
that
information
and
blast
it
out
to
their
list,
as
as
we
unveil
new
public
safety
videos
so
through
with
the
police
department,
so
I
think
it's
a
great
collaboration
and
I
just
encourage
you
to
keep
keep
keep
at
it
and
getting
the
information
out.
Thank
you.
I
Also
get
with
Councilman
marks
and
Glover
and
find
out
who
the
contacts
were
in
the
Crossroads
I'll
set
up
a
meeting
with
our
our
producers
and
staffed
and
then
get
with
them
and
figure
out.
You
know
if
we
want
to
know
how
we
want
to
do
that.
You
know:
we've
got
it.
We've
got
some
standards
and
stuff
that
we've
got
to
hit
and
so
we'll
make
sure
that
it's
all
done
right
and
we'll
try
to
come
up
with
the
campaign
and
then
to
meet.
I'm
working
at
work
continue
to
work
on
this
well.
I
D
Equipment
you
mentioned
that
early
on,
if
you
haven't
had
a
chance,
you
might
take
a
quick
tour
of
the
communications
department
because
it
is
it's.
It's
I
was
amazed
or
shocked,
I
guess
and
how
how
great
a
job
that
they
do,
given
the
antique
equipment
that
we
have
and
I
think
it
wasn't
that
some
of
that
at
least
donated
at
some
point
back
in
the.
I
Rest,
yes
time
warner
cable,
I
believe
donated
some
of
the
equipment.
So
it's
I
mean,
let's
imagine
if
you
were
working
on
your
desktop
it
and
communication
wise
and
you
were
using
a
286
computer
I
mean
it's
yeah,
it's
I
mean
that's
where
that's
what
and
you
know
we're
in
the
process
of
changing
that.
So
it's
good
stuff,
I
mean
there's,
we
don't
really
have
a
studio.
These
guys
do,
channel
2
doesn't
have
a
studio.
They've
got
a
makeshift
studio
in
dennis's
old
office,
with
some
green
screens
up
there.
So
any.
I
If
you
want
to
come
down
and
look
at
it,
you
can.
You
know,
there's
no,
some
investment,
the
communication,
the
new
communications
director,
one
thing
they
really
need
to
do
is
they
need
to
focus
on
the
kind
of
the
city
brand
across
all
the
departments
and
make
sure
that
we
focus
our
communication,
so
we're
not
sending
out
uplifting
messages
and
that
that's
I
mean
having
the
equipment
to
do.
That's
part
of
it.
D
At
almost
I
was
thinking
when
I
first
saw
it
if
anybody's
been
to
the
Houston
Space
Center
museum,
or
you
see
the
old
equipment
for
the
moonwalk
back
in
the
60s.
It's
it's.
It
looks
very
similar
me
as
far
as
how
old
the
equipment
is
so
I
mean.
It's
amazing
that
we,
the
communications
department,
has
been
able
to
kind
of
you
know,
use
lots
of
masking
tape
and
keep
this
equipment
running,
and
you
know
I
I,
think
that's
something.
D
We
need
to
look
at
what,
though,
because
we
really
have
to
people
we've
seen
with
YouTube
and
the
web
page
update
that
we've
done
in
bisque.
Here
people
want
to
get
their
information
online.
Now
they
don't
necessarily
pick
up
the
phone
so
either,
whether
it's
through
channel
2
or
through
our
website.
We
really
need
to
invest
in
that
other.
When.
I
You
look
at
the
stuff
online,
for
instance,
that
I
don't
know
if
you've
seen
the
time
to
be
well
stuff.
That's
been
done
with
the
health.
The
food
show.
It's
excellent
I
mean
that
the
you
can't
tell
that
it's
done
on
that.
That
mean
it's
written.
Well,
it's
videoed!
Well,
it's
put
together.
Well,
I
mean
the
production.
Stuff
is
unbelievable
and
he's
got
he's
got
a
quick
thing
of
it
here.
Those
two,
the
two
shows
that
they've
already
done.
I
A
H
Good
morning,
mr.
chair
and
public
safety
council
committee,
I'm
happy
to
present
to
you
our
current
status
of
our
recruit
of
a
firefighter
recruitment
process
and
then
in
line.
What
was
just
said
here
in
this
last
agenda
item.
Oh,
if
I
could
take
just
a
couple
of
minutes
to
give
you
a
brief
update
on
some
of
our
pilot
projects
and
and
our
membership
program
as
well.
So
we
are
having
we're
currently
going
through
a
firefighter
recruitment
process
and
the
open
application
period
will
end
on
februari
15th.
H
But
what's
important
I
think
here
is
to
let
people
know
if
people
are
interested
in
applying
for
that
job
they
can
do
so
fairly
easily.
They
can
do
so
here
at
City,
Hall
on
the
12th
floor
of
City
Hall
at
human
resources
department,
but
but
also
easier
access
than
in
the
community
at
fire
headquarters
at
635
woodland.
On
the
first
on
the
first
floor,
suite
2100
go
in
there
pick
up
an
application
and
those
applications
can
be
submitted
there
as
well
and
then
also
at
our
k,
CFD
facility
at
6750,
eastwood
trafficway.
H
E
Yes,
sir,
no
question
but
comment,
and
it
is
to
commend
you
chief
for
your
efforts
and
really
getting
out
and
promoting
the
recruitment
efforts
of
you've
reached
out
to
me
personally
many
times
for
follow-up
information
for
individuals
that
you
knew
that
we're
interested
in
applying
on
different
occasions.
So
I
want
to
commend
you
for
that.
400
applicants
sounds
very,
very
good.
One
of
the
things
that
has
been
a
part
of
my
conversation
with
you
is
recruitment
of
african-americans
and
minorities
on
the
force
and
I
know
that
you
have
played
particular
close
attention
to
that.
E
So
I
appreciate
that
and
then
also
would
mention
that
every
Sunday
for
the
past
couple
of
weeks
and
my
church
bulletin
at
church,
we
have
had
the
recruitment
information
in
our
church
bulletins
and
at
our
community
meetings.
We
continue
to
help
spread
the
word
so
looking
forward
to
hearing
about
when
the
recruitment
has
actually
taken
place
outside
of
the
application
process.
But
more
so
again,
thank
you
for
your
personal
efforts
and
not
just
coming
to
report
some
information
but
I,
know
personally,
you've
been
really
out
working
hard
for
this
too.
So
thank
you.
Well,.
H
I
attend
that
on
a
monthly
back
on
a
monthly
basis
and
actually
got
was
able
to
do
some
recruitment
there
and
and
got
it
and
got
a
lot
of
good
play
at
that
school
as
well
and
got
in
on
a
kind
of
a
ground
floor
effort
there
with
the
link
organization
to
go
there
and
attend
those
monthly
meetings
and
got
some
like
I,
said
some
good,
very
good
play
and
recruiting
from
that
location
on
a
personal
level
as
well.
So
but
I
appreciate
your
kind
words
and
we
can
always
do
better.
H
I
do
also
want
to
mention
that
that
the
city
we
we
are
giving
preference
to
Kansas
City
Missouri
residents
during
that
hiring
process.
If
I
could
take
just
a
very
brief
moment
of
your
time.
Just
to
let
you
know
that
we
will
be
putting
out
a
flyer
in
the
April
water
bill
about
our
membership
program
for
our
ambulance
service,
and
so
citizens
can
expect
to
see
a
flyer
in
that
in
the
water
in
the
water
in
the
April
water
bill,
so
that
that
will
occur
and
we
encourage
people
to
do
that.
H
A
H
H
We
looked
at
that
for
90
days,
evaluated
it
we're
going
to
re-evaluate
that
when
we
are
able
to
look
at
technology
partnerships
with
our
hospitals
and
in
an
effort
to
try
to
schedule
those,
maybe
much
like
I
was
the
way
I
described
it
at
one
of
our
meetings.
I
was
out
of
town
and
and
I
called
Super
Shuttle
for
a
pick
up
at
the
airport,
and
they
said
well,
you
called
outside
your
four
hour
window
to
make
sure
that
we'd
be
here
at
ten
that
we
could
pick
you
up
at
ten
thirty,
but
they
said.
H
Let
me
check
so
I
heard
some
clicking
on
the
on
the
keyboard
and
they
said
yeah
we'll
be
there
at
ten
thirty
and
I
thought
to
myself.
Well,
you
know
if,
if
Super
Shuttle
can
do
it,
why
can't
we
partner
with
the
hospitals
for
them
to
get
online
schedule
a
pickup
and
and
and
make
it
a
lot
easier
for
everybody,
so
that
so
that
our
cups
for
nonemergency
transfers
are
timely?
So
we're
looking
at
that
and
then
we
may
implement
that
that
program.
H
A
H
Correct
and
then
we're
looking,
we
are
actually
doing
some
computer
modeling.
Every
time
I
say
computer
modeling.
I
look
directly
at
councilman
read
because
I
remember
that
his
look
of
disgust
when
when
he
asked,
if,
if
we
could
model
those
things
and
and
so
every
time,
I
mention
that
I
I,
remember
that
and
so
so
we're
actually
doing
some
modeling
to
not
only
a
computer
model.
A
three
station
3,
where
you
mentioned
at
north
oak,
a
hundred
and
111
of
north
oak
and
95th
and
hillcrest,
but
also
to
model
additional
pumpers.
H
If
this
90-day
program
works
like
we
believe
it
will
work,
we're
modeling
other
pumpers
around
the
city
to
determine
what
impact
those
will
have
as
well,
so
we're
looking
at
a
kind
of
a
ring
effect
of
the
city
to
provide
ALS
care
in
a
somewhat
of
a
ring
fashion.
If
you
will
some
of
the
harder
to
serve
very
some
of
the
harder
strawberries,
correct
and.
A
A
A
So
if
we
do
re
implement
that
program,
it
can
get
better
utilization
and
if
I
could
I'd
like
to
go
back
just
a
little
bit
on
the
hiring
process,
sir,
because
some
people
may
may
have
gotten
the
impression
well,
we
had
400
applicants,
oh
gosh,
why
would
I
worry?
Because
you
know
the
about
applying
because
they're
just
going
to
snowed
under
but
you're,
not
just
going
to
be
hiring
a
couple
of
positions
that
this
would.
Could
you
kind
of
tell
people.
H
That
how
the
hiring
process
that's
an
excellent
point
and
I
really
did
fail
to
mention
that
this
list
is
a
two-year
list,
and
not
only
is
that
important,
because
it's
a
two-year
list,
but
because
of
the
timing
of
this
list,
we
know
that
that
we
had.
There
was
a
lull
in
in
the
fire
departments
hiring
between
and
we
didn't
hire
a
single
person
between
1980
and
1985.
Well,
our
at
when
we
started
hiring.
We
heart,
we
started
hiring
a
great
deal
number
of
people
in
85
and
and
throughout
the
next
six
or
seven
years.
H
So
we
are
have
a
el
of
people
who
are
ready
to
retire,
and
so
that
list
will
be
at
this
list.
I
expect
will
be
a
very
good
list
for
to
be
on,
as
well
as
the
next
probably
two
to
three
lists
because
of
the
way
of
our
of
our
hiring
cycle,
so
I
yeah
I
appreciate
you
mention
that
because
it
does
seem
like,
like.
Oh
my
gosh,
how
am
I
going
to
how
am
I
going
to
arrive
at
that
or
you
know
be
at
the
top
of
a
list
of
400
people
and
I'm.
H
Only
one
person
don't
be
discouraged
by
that
at
all.
This
is
a
list
that
lasts
for
two
years,
we're
giving
preference
to
Kansas
City
Missouri
residents
and,
in
addition,
we're
also
giving
preference
to
paramedics,
but
that
does
not
should
not
deter
anybody.
Who
is
not
a
paramedic
to
apply
for
the
job?
That's
our
you
know.
We
have
that.
H
I'm,
sorry
that
they
can
go
to
fire
hit
the
easiest
places
out
in
the
public,
our
fire
headquarters
at
635
woodland,
suite
2100,
that's
the
ground
floor
there,
it's
very,
very
easy
to
get
to
and
a
6750
Manchester
traffic
I'm,
not
apologize,
not
Manchester
traffic
way,
eastwood
trafficway,
and
that
is
also
on
the
ground
floor.
They're,
going
through
the
glass
doors
there.
They
pick
up
an
application
and
turn
it
in
in
the
same
place.
They
do
have.
H
Right
now
the
it's
a
high
school
diploma.
That's
basically
a
well.
We
now
we
vet
the
the
applicants
much
in
detail
after
that
process,
but
the
mqs
are
really
a
high
school
diploma
and,
like
I
said,
a
preference
is
given
to
Kansas
City
Missouri
residents,
and
then
we
will
give
a
preference
to
paramedics
for
some
of
that
hiring
process.
But
we
also
know
that
that's
a
challenge
for
our
entire
list
to
do
that
for
our
entire,
an
entire
list,
so
so
that
so
the
the
minimum
qualifications
are
are
not
set
very
high.
H
We
want
to
cast
a
wide
net
and
then
we
want
the
opportunity
then,
to
screen
those
people
who
can
work
as
a
team,
because
we
know
that
the
person
who
can
work
in
it
as
a
team
member,
a
part
of
our
team
is
the
most
valuable
employee
that
we
have,
and
so
we've
had
a
lot
of
success
over
the
last
10
to
12
years,
really
focusing
on
that
team
effort.
The
questions
with
chief.
D
Yes,
sir
councilman
Taylor
Thank
You
mr.
chair
chief
I
echo
what
councilman
Reid
said.
We
appreciate
your
effort
getting
out
on
this
recruitment
effort
all
across
the
board.
One
area
that
we've
have
been
working
on
is
veterans
issues
and
we
now
have
a
veterans,
hiring
preference
at
the
city
across
departments.
Have
you
as
part
of
this
recruitment
I,
would
imagine
that
returning
vets
from
especially
Afghanistan
vets
from
Afghanistan,
Iraq
or
trained
in
some
cases,
absolutely
the
best
training
out
there.
That
would
be
valuable
for
our
city.
D
H
Actually
has
we,
in
addition
to
those
flyers
that
I
mention
that
you
know
we
put
out
it
gyms
and
local
community
we've
also
approached
those,
but
we've
also
regionally
worked
with
folks,
who
have
a
very
good
connection
to
the
veterans
coming
back
and
and
veterans.
Not
only
is
it
a
city
preference,
it's
also
listed
as
a
preference
for
firefighter
for
veteran
statuses
of
preference
for
employment
as
a
firefighter
as
well,
and
you
mentioned
that
that
they
are
very
well
trained.
There
are
paramedics
there
that
are
coming
back.
H
Those
are
you
know,
it's
a
it's
a
good
opportunity,
it's
a
good
resource
to
tap
and-
and
we
do
give
preference
to
that
and
so
I
don't
know
how
much
success
we're
going
to
be
I
have
with
that
on
this
on
this
go
around,
but
I
do
know
that
we're
actively
looking
at
that
with
some
of
our
regional
partners,
who
have
a
very
well
connected
to
the
veteran
population.
It's.
A
H
Is
that
is
ongoing?
I
have
failed
to
mention
that
one
as
well
I
appreciate
you
bringing
that
up
that
we
do
I
can't
remember
the
exact
date
that
it
started,
but
it
I
believe
it's
been
going
on
for
at
least
three
weeks,
maybe
and
but
I
do
know
when
it
will
end,
it
will
end
in
the
middle
of
March
and
then
they'll
have
to
do
some
clinical
hours.
So
we
should
see
those
folks
ready
to
be
able
to
provide
that
ALS
service,
and
it's
a
it's
a
when
I,
say.
H
Als
I
need
to
be
clear
that
we're
not
talking
about
the
paramedic
level
on
a
national
protocol
level.
That's
it's
deemed
to
be
advanced
life
support,
but
that
have
to
be
some
internal
discussions
about
that.
But
that
will
will
end
the
didactic
part
of
that
education
in
march,
and
I
believe
it's
mid
march
and
then
they'll
go
out
to
some
they'll.
H
First,
religious
in
the
Martin
city
area,
where,
yes,
and
and
it's
also
because
training
costs
are
so
high
because
because
of
the
way
we
train
that
we
still
have
to
provide
service
and
we're
paying
overtime
to
do
that
training.
This
particular
project
did
not
require
that
we
were
actually
working
off
of
a
grant
of
287
thousand
dollar
grant,
which
pays
for
all
of
the
backfill
and
the
education
for
that.
And
so
we
were
very
lucky
to
have
that
and
we're
seeking
more
grants,
because
because
the
training
is
so
expensive
with
overtime,
that's.
A
A
great
program
that
I
think
has
huge
potential
to
save
lives
throughout
the
city
and
I.
Think
the
I'm,
confident
the
pilot
program
will
prove
the
worth
of
it.
Just
like
the
pilot
program
of
paramedics
and
bumpers
and
so
I
think
we've
got
some
great
things
in
the
works
that
are
really
going
to
improve
emergency
medical
care
throughout
the
city.
A
So
really
appreciate
your
leadership
on
this
chief
and
appreciate
what
you're
doing
personally
to
recruit
folks
from
from
throughout
our
city,
because
we
do
want
to
have
a
diverse
workforce
and
want
to
give
everyone
an
opportunity
to
apply
and
I.
Think
it's
a
great
career
and
I've
certainly
talked
to
some
people
to
urge
them
to
seriously
consider
it
so
well.
H
I
appreciate
it,
and
only
because
you
you
you
thank
me:
I
need
to
well
I
happen
to
be
sitting
in
in
the
chair
at
the
I'm.
I
can
tell
you
that
the
local
union
42
has
been
working
with
us
diligently
on
these
pilot
projects
and
it's
not
been
easy.
It's
not
been
an
easy
process,
but
they
have
been.
They
have
continued
to
be
at
the
table
and
work
with
us
to
develop
these
pilot
projects,
and
so
I
want
to
give
them
a
big.
Thank
you
as
well.
They've
been
a
good
partner
through
this
pilot
project.