TKC EXCLUSIVE!!! KCPD CHIEF FORTÉ TALKS TO THE KANSAS CITY LATINO COALITION!!!
This morning KCPD Chief Darryl Forté gave an energetic and informative presentation to the Latino Coalition of Kansas City.
And so . . .
TAKE A LOOK AT THE TOP TEN TAKEAWAYS FROM THE CHIEF'S TALK TODAY!!!
The Chief answered questions and covered A LOT of ground. I did my best to take notes via my not-so-smart phone and here's what I learned . . .
1. KCPD Chief Forté Continues To Show Up To EVERY Homicide Scene In Kansas City.
2. Chief Forté Credits Increased Community Policing Efforts With The Fact That There Hasn't Been A Homicide On The Westside This Year Despite Increased Gang Activity.
3. Calls To Police Have Risen By Nearly 4000 - The Chief Notes This As A Positive Sign And Says It Proves People Are More Willing To Cooperate With Police.
4. The Chief Continues His Effort To Create A "Culture Of Diversity" Within The Department.
This is worth a bit more explanation . . . In what I thought was a controversial statement, the Chief Forté not only noted disappointing numbers for Latinos in the department but also informed us that there was not a single Latino in an executive position @ The KCPD i.e. No Latino Commanders.
Here's an interesting quote from The Chief on the subject of diversity within the Dept.:
Chief Forté: "The system is not fair and the numbers prove it"
5. KCPD is prepared to implement Shot Spotter Tech and even expand the program.
6. KCPD Chief Forté: "The Hotspot program will remain in action as long as I am with the department."
7. There is an effort to increase narcotics busts on Kansas City streets that has proven successful along with renewed efforts to take illegal guns off the street.
8. KCPD Chief Forté spoke of a good working relationship with Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker.
9. BREAKING NEWS . . . The Chief plans to continue community forums AND create a forum where officers meet with command staff.
10. More BREAKING NEWS . . . The Chief spoke of controversial upcoming hires that might stir controversy. There weren't a lot of details but he noted the hires were part of increased community outreach.
There's even more to report about this talk and we're also hearing about the pushback that Chief Forté readily acknowledged.
DEVELOPING . . .
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Controversial upcoming hires? How about the guy in the academy right now with multiple ties to gang members and felons. I hope that doesn't mean there are more to come.
Some good items there but a lot of it sounds like spin. Dig a bit deeper TKC.
Maybe it's because many of the Latinos and blacks don't go through the promotion process because it's a pay cut. Why give up all that off duty, overtime pay, holiday pay, and current pud job where they actually work about a couple hrs a day for a shit job as a captain where you ain't part of the troops anymore and you ain't part of upper command and you won't ever get a pay raise, which is important because without ot and off duty there is no way of making additional money. I know of some minorities who get approached every promotional process to put in for it and they decline. So yea chief, it's the process that's unfair, that's it. Good answer. Yet this unfair process got you, a black man, all the way to the top of the organization along with many other minorities and females currently in upper command. And you chief have been executive staff for a long time so it is interesting that you seem so critical of the department that you were supposed to be managing all of the years and taking steps to address all of these issues. Where were you all that time?
Succinct, 5:08.
Shotspotter works. Follow them @shotspotter
And in coming weeks the chief will be meeting with the white man coalition, the black man coalition, the white women coalition, the black women coalition, the native American coalition, the lesbian coalition, the gay man coalition, the Asian coalition, the Somalian coalition, the bisexual coalition, the vegetarian coalition, the republican coalition, the democratic coalition, the libertarian coalition, the transexual coalition, the redneck coalition, the jewish coalition, and the Islamic coalition. The chief guarantees that he will champion all of these diverse groups and ensure that each has representation on the department and in the command staff.
This guy has done more in a year than Corwin did in 8.
Chief addresses mesican organization. 40 in attendance and the total IQ in the room never broke 500.
4:51,
They terminated him a couple weeks ago (thankfully).
You mean more damage 5:29. If that's what you mean then I agree.
Where do members of the redneck coalition meet? I would like to attend. Thanks!
Did you get a head count? Doesn't look like much of a coalition.
Just another Failed KCPD Dog and Pony show. It's too bad that crime is so high in Kansas City because of a bunch of losers.
#1. He shows up but he's too chicken shit to get of his swanky SUV.
Haha, I love the fact he's saying community policing is the reason for no homicides on the westside. Did he mention his hotspot program actually takes officers assigned to patrol the westside away from the westside? Maybe they should ask him why he cares so much more about 35th and prospect that he'll take officers out of the Latino neighborhoods to go to his hotspot areas where officers are already patrolling. If anyone was convinced Latino neighborhoods concerned him, you're a fool.
Maybe the chief should have made some arrests there because COHO used to sell a lot of fraudulent investment, insurance and utility related products. It was always a racket.
7:49- The Chief knows all about financial fraud, having perpetrated his own financial fraud scheme a few years back. So that would be like the kettle calling the pot, uh, black!
Redneck coalition meets 1st Wednesday's of the month at the local gun range. We tap the PBR keg first thing then shoot the shit out of anything that moves. Classes are offered in meth production and distribution, how to wear your wife beater in all circumstances, and the best knives for all combat situations. Hope to see you there.
Was Michael Mahoney there or is he banned from any events Forte appears at?
If community policing is so successful and important in both reducing and solving crimes of the west sdie, which it is, why hasn't a similar program been expanded to other parts of the city, most particularly the east side?
And why has the funding for the WestCAN center actually been REDUCED in recent years? Forte' consistently confuses activities with results. Who care about HIM showing up here and there?
The slightest investigation quickly shows that almost all of these activities are nothing but superficial PR and one guy running around while the rest of the department continues to do pretty much what they always have.
And the really classic advise from Forte' at the meeting was that undocumented workers should ride with other people so they don't get caught up in the new drivers' license traps.
Truly a remarkable performance!
In other news, Mary Sanchez looked really nice tonight on Week In Review.
On the other side of the state line, fire station #7 in KCK jujst came under gunfire from a drive by shooting.
Ah yes... Diversity! Please feel free to look different, sound different, act different. But you better all think the fucking same.
How about you just show up quickly, put the fire out safely, and then get out of the way.
The Fuck I give about diversity at the station!?!?
i thought diversity was an old wooden slave ship from the 1800's?
Yea, like divide the entire department.
I have totally lost faith in everything this department stands for. This "leader", the term used loosely, spends more time kissing the ass of community leaders rather than running the department. Chief Forte' your department in broken. The KCPD has lost over 150 officers in the last two years. There are unproductive slugs and there are those who give it all everyday. The worthless slugs seem to go farther because they don't make waves. I refuse to remain silent about the lies coming from my department. It is embarrassing to work for this organization. I would never have thought those words would come out of my mouth. There are several other officers who feel this same way and we are choosing to seek other opportunities.
10:57 PM I agree with you the department is a sham I told my wife I'm looking to work elsewhere. I'm ashamed to work here any more. The real loser are the Taxpayers and victims of crime, but there is little I can do with the way things are being run.
It is a shame that the Chief has a good working relationship with the JACO Pros, but a crappy relationship with the rank and file of his own dept.
My eyes must be playing tricks on me because it looks like Forte is wearing a police uniform in that pic from the meeting....haven't seen that since his swearing in.
5:08 you said it all. Very good.
The minority coalitions are eating the whitemans lunch because the disenfranchised white will not unite and doesn't realize he is under attack.
The Neo Panthers to include Obama and illegal alien supporters are waging war on whitey and he doesn't even realize it. Hope he wakes up before it is too late.
Tony knows. C'mon Tony don't act coy. You know da deal.
That's true! He has not gave any member other than his buddies something to come to work happy
White men cannot unite. Once they create a white only group, the civil rights vultures and the government move in and then they are labeled hate groups and domestic terrorists and get the FBI on them and the news media.
Yeah, Mean Jean has agreed not to prosecute his officers for brutality or malfeasance. For those of you who went to the KCPS or UMKC, malfeasance means using your job to do illegal shit.
what 3:44? Where did u hear that bullshit... bring a cop up on charges is what every news outlet thrives for... that's what is so wrong with our society today
Corwin wasnt great by any means but forte is a disaster. He is instituting a new policy outlawing a good attitude while on duty.
Most people in kck cant even count to 7.
Who makes up this Latino coalition? Anyone under 80? Anyone who can speak Spanish?
What I hear is bitching bitching bitching. Black this white that. You all are suckers. Corwin fucked you for seven to eight years and it was okay. I didn't see any exited. Black chief comes in and can't unfuck it because of all the politics and bullshit in this city. FYI the "gang member was terminated" and a certain promotion to dc was the mayor doing. Politics. It sounds to me you all want the department to be status quo. All white? What the fuck do you want and what does race have to do with it. Unless you work in the chiefs officer, city hall, or mayors office shut the fuck. Be a solution not a problem. Right tony kc. Stir that pot.
Bullshit party of 4! Bullshit party of 4!
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