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From YouTube: The Weekly Report - January 11, 2013
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The Weekly Report is a program for City of Kansas City, Missouri (KCMO) residents. It provides news and insight about the programs and services provided by City Departments. For more on KCMO, visit the official government web site at http://kcmo.org.
A
Hello,
I'm
Fred,
Schneider
and
you're
tuned
in
to
the
weekly
report,
a
look
at
news
and
insight
related
to
programs
and
services
provided
by
departments
of
the
city
of
Kansas
City
Missouri.
The
city's
fire
department
has
begun
its
2013
firefighter
recruitment.
Individuals
who
are
interested
in
a
career
as
a
firefighter
may
obtain
a
job
application
at
KCMO,
org,
slash
jobs
and
either
male
or
hand
deliver
it
to
the
human
resources
department,
located
on
the
12th
floor
of
City
Hall
for
eligibility
requirements
and
more
information.
A
Please
visit
KCMO
org,
slash
fire
or
call
eight
one,
six,
seven,
eight,
four,
nine,
nine,
nine
nine
and
select
option
two
completed
firefighter.
Applications
must
be
received
by
the
human
resources
department
by
friday,
February
15th
at
5pm.
The
city
has
partnered
with
spay
and
neuter
kansas
city
to
launch
project
tag.
License
chip
also
called
project
TLC.
For
short,
this
initiative
aims
to
tag
license
and
microchip
10,000
pets
in
2013.
A
Pet
owners
in
Kansas
City
may
purchase
one
year,
pet
licenses
and
tags
from
the
city's
animal
shelter
for
ten
dollars
and
three
year
licenses
and
tags
for
$27.
One
of
the
benefits
of
obtaining
a
license
is
the
city's
free
ride
home
program.
Animal
Control
staff
provides
a
pet
one
free
ride
home
per
year
if
it
is
wearing
a
pet
license
for
more
information
about
project
TLC
visit,
SNK
c.net
and
for
more
information
on
the
city's
animal
shelter
and
the
free
ride
home
program
visit
KCMO
org
slash
animal.
B
C
Kansas
City
no
violence
alliance
is
a
partnership
between
the
United
States
Attorney
Jackson,
County,
Prosecutor
Jean
Peters
Baker,
the
Chief
of
Police
of
Kansas
City
Mayor,
Sly
James,
and
the
head
of
probation
and
parole
to
interrupt
cycles
of
violence
in
Kansas
City.
We
are
utilizing
the
strengths
and
weaknesses
of
focus
deterrence
models
across
the
United
States
to
develop
intervention
strategies
to
interrupt
cycles
of
violent
crime.
C
The
citizens
of
Kansas
City
will
know
that
they're
dealing
with
something
new
and
Nova
when
we
are
able
to
not
only
impact
geographical
areas
that
are
involved
in
violence,
but
the
networks
of
individuals
that
are
in
violence.
We
are
looking
at
relationships
and
how
people
are
related
with
just
documented
police
contacts
to
determine
who
is
likely
to
become
involved
in
criminal
behavior
is
involved
in
them
in
criminal
behavior
or
at
risk
at
being
a
victim
of
a
violent
crime.
Other
cities
have
had
great
success
in
implementing
a
focused
deterrence
model.
C
Cincinnati
Ohio
had
a
forty
seven
percent
reduction
in
homicides.
Boston
ceasefire
initiative
had
a
sixty-three
percent
reduction
in
youth
homicides
and
what
we're
doing
is
we're
looking
at
the
strengths
of
those
programs
and
modeling
them
in
Kansas
City
to
make
them
fit
here.
We
have
some
pretty
high
goals
for
the
project.
We
hope
to
achieve
a
thirty
percent
reduction
in
homicides
over
the
next
two
year
period.
I
know
that's
a
very
lofty
goal.
My
magic
number
is
80
to
get
down
to
80
homicides.
C
I,
don't
think
that's
been
done
here
in
quite
some
time,
but
if
we
set
a
high
goal,
we're
going
to
save
about
35
to
40
lives
in
the
next
two
years.
What
we've
done
here
in
this
city,
while
a
lot
of
good
police
work,
has
been
done.
The
last
35
years
we
have
not
been
able
to
successfully
impact
that
violent
crime,
homicide
rate,
and
if
we
can
work
together
as
a
team
through
the
no
violence
alliance,
we
can
reduce
that
homicide
number
and
enhance
the
quality
of
life
for
the
systems.
Kansas
City.
B
Reducing
violent
crime
is
a
top
priority
for
chief
Daryl
Forte
Casey.
Nova's
ultimate
goal
is
to
deter
crime,
removing
violent
offenders
from
streets
and
giving
lower
level
offenders
an
opportunity
to
choose
a
different
path
will
improve
the
quality
of
life
for
all
Kansas
Citians,
I'm
officer,
shelly
gaddis
have
a
safe
week.
D
E
Nearly
one
in
10
children
in
Kansas,
City
Missouri,
will
have
an
emergency
room
visit
due
to
unintentional
childhood
injury
since
2000
the
rate
of
unintentional
childhood
injury
has
been
decreasing
in
both
white
children
and
black
children
in
Kansas
City
Missouri.
However,
in
2008
in
2009,
the
number
of
unintentional
childhood
injuries
occurring
among
black
children
has
begun
to
increase.
E
D
F
F
A
Looking
ahead
in
observance
of
the
upcoming
Martin,
Luther
King,
jr.
holiday
city
offices
and
the
311
action
center
will
be
closed
on
Monday
January,
21st
and
curbside
trash
and
recycling
collection
will
be
delayed.
One
day
residents
who
usually
have
monday
collection
will
receive
the
service
on
tuesday
january
22nd.
Residents
who
usually
have
Friday
collection
will
receive
it
on
saturday
january
26.
A
The
city
is
teaming
up
with
the
Port
Authority
and
local
gaming
operators
to
administer
the
Kansas
City
Missouri
scholarship
fund
scholarships
are
available
for
students
between
17
and
25
years
of
age
who
meet
the
program's
household
income
requirements
for
more
information
about
the
scholarship
program.
Visit
KCMO
org,
slash,
engage
KC,
fourth-quarter
grant
applications
for
the
city's
neighborhood
Tourist
Development
Fund
are
due
on
Friday
February.
A
First,
not-for-profit
organizations
interested
in
applying
for
a
grant
must
meet
several
qualifications
for
a
complete
list
of
qualifications,
along
with
an
application
visit,
KCMO
org,
slash
n
tdf
for
more
information
about
this
or
any
of
today's
stories.
Please
log
on
to
KCMO
org
scroll
to
the
bottom
right
hand,
corner
and
click
on
the
weekly
report
for
links
that
does
it
for
this
edition
of
the
weekly
report.
I'm
Fred
Schneider
have
a
great
week.