Kansas City things

[pissclams]

i wonder if we could approve some sort of tax that is funded from the imaginary bucket of free and unlimited money and just use those dollars to put these cops back on the beat. 

another idea would be to tax sales on purchases made in other municipalities.  levy a half-cent per gallon gasoline tax in houston? 

[Tobias]

chevy's got this one

[Phil Titola]

Kcpd could help here too... Their pension is killing the city budget.

[mocat]

damn, we should have voted the earnings tax down to save those cops

[DQ12]

85 cops seems like a lot.

[pissclams]

Kcpd could help here too... Their pension is killing the city budget.

damn, we should have voted the earnings tax down to save those cops

hopefully the war zone around the new downtown hotel doesn't dissuade visitors from coming to our city

[pissclams]

damn, we should have voted the earnings tax down to save those cops

maybe it was the wrong solution in the first place?

[star seed 7]

85 cops seems like a lot.

Kcmo has around 1500 officers and 2100 employees

[DQ12]

85 cops seems like a lot.

Kcmo has around 1500 officers and 2100 employees

still seems like a lot?

[star seed 7]

Yeah, I thought the pd was bigger than that

[pissclams]

it is a lot, like the article said- it's 8% of the department

for a city that's one of the most violent cities in the country, we're moving in the wrong direction as it relates to policing our city

but streetcar, downtown hotel, and billion dollar terminal

[mocat]

damn, we should have voted the earnings tax down to save those cops

maybe it was the wrong solution in the first place?

well if it isn't clams brownback! 

[star seed 7]

I bet if we had no taxes at all we'd be able to hire like even more cops

[eastcat]

KCMO PD has 1500 officers and 500 of them work some form of a desk job.

[Phil Titola]

it is a lot, like the article said- it's 8% of the department

for a city that's one of the most violent cities in the country, we're moving in the wrong direction as it relates to policing our city

but streetcar, downtown hotel, and billion dollar terminal

Subtract every one of those things from KCMO landscape... They never happened... we are in the exact same position.

[AppleJack]

that unicorn 

[Phil Titola]

KCPD ranks 16 of top 50 in the country when it comes to enlisted officers per capita (29 per 10,000 residents).  Other cities if note...

DC... 61 (top city)
Baltimore...47
Chicago... 44
St. Louis... 42
Boston....33
Dallas...28
LA....26
Denver....22
Portland... 16

2013 stats from bjs.gov....more cops doesn't appear to be the single fix to reduce crime.

[Emo EMAW]

So I guess there's a second announcement forthcoming that will address how we will reduce crime?

[Phil Titola]

So I guess there's a second announcement forthcoming that will address how we will reduce crime?

KC nova has been very successful since it's inception.

[Phil Titola]

Entire bus system is free on Friday to celebrate streetcar opening. You can also ride kc bcycle for free on Friday with their code. Check their twitter feed for the code.

[Emo EMAW]

So I guess there's a second announcement forthcoming that will address how we will reduce crime?

KC nova has been very successful since it's inception.

One of NOVA's three basic elements is: 

"For those who continue to commit violence, a certain and swift response from law enforcement on those individuals and their associates."

This reduction would appear to limit the ability to make a certain and swift response.  No?

[Phil Titola]

So I guess there's a second announcement forthcoming that will address how we will reduce crime?

KC nova has been very successful since it's inception.

One of NOVA's three basic elements is: 

"For those who continue to commit violence, a certain and swift response from law enforcement on those individuals and their associates."

This reduction would appear to limit the ability to make a certain and swift response.  No?

No

[mocat]

KCPD ranks 16 of top 50 in the country when it comes to enlisted officers per capita (29 per 10,000 residents).  Other cities if note...

DC... 61 (top city)
Baltimore...47
Chicago... 44
St. Louis... 42
Boston....33
Dallas...28
LA....26
Denver....22
Portland... 16

 

[Emo EMAW]

So I guess there's a second announcement forthcoming that will address how we will reduce crime?

KC nova has been very successful since it's inception.

One of NOVA's three basic elements is: 

"For those who continue to commit violence, a certain and swift response from law enforcement on those individuals and their associates."

This reduction would appear to limit the ability to make a certain and swift response.  No?

No

Well, homicides are trending up while the rate of solving them are going down.  :(

2015 was Kansas City’s deadliest year for homicides since 2011

Homicide investigators cleared, or solved, 67 of last year’s (2015) killings. That gave them a 61 percent clearance rate. That compared to a 67 percent clearance rate for 2014./

Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/crime/article52530060.html#storylink=cpy

http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/crime/article52530060.html

[Mikeyis4dcats]

national homicide solve rate was 61% in 2013 http://www.npr.org/2015/03/30/395799413/how-many-crimes-do-your-police-clear-now-you-can-find-out