As Kansas City's violence and murder numbers buck national downward trends there is increased tension and pressure on the KCPD Chief.
Check this KMBC story that features tense moments betwixt KMBC reporting legend Mike Mahoney and KCPD Chief Forté:
KC chief avoids specifics in anti-violence push
KCUR recounts the drama today as well: Council Law Enforcement Post-Forum Turns Testy
Later on twitter the KCPD Chief sounds off . . .
And Mahoney captures the frustrated tweet.
And while online and media beef is EXCEPTIONALLY entertaining . . . It doesn't change Kansas City's struggle to curb our constant murder and violence count.
Check the rather kick-ass video as well!!!
DEVELOPING . . .
Mahoney is a god among reporters. What is The Chief thinking?
ReplyDeleteGet the fuck out whitey this my mutha fuckin 'vator bitch.
DeleteThe pressure is seems to be getting to Forte
ReplyDeleteScott Taylor is concerned about crime moving into parts of Johnson County.
ReplyDeletePretty much says it all, folks.
Huh?
Oh, excuse me.... go right ahead Mr. Nigger word guy. Yes. You are a complete imbecile.
Mr. Mahoney should have stayed on the elevator and enjoyed the awkward silence all the way down. The chief can't stick up for the people that have to call him "boss" he sure as hell would have backed down from a seasoned reporter. Or it would have been a great black on white bare knuckle brawl. With words of course.
ReplyDeleteI would avoid getting on an elevator with an armed ghetto thug. Mahoney was smart stepping back.
DeleteFirst rule of dealing with the media...turn on them and they will turn on you.
ReplyDelete"How many people are on this Top 10 list?" Mahoney asked as he followed Forte toward the elevator. "Chief? Why won't you answer some questions about this?"
ReplyDelete"I don't want to talk to you right now," Forte said.
"You just made public testimony about it," Mahoney said.
"I'm not going to talk to you. I made my public testimony about it," Forte said.
"How many people are in the top tier?" Mahoney asked.
"Please step out of the elevator. I've got another appointment I've got to get to," Forte said.
HE CAN NOT ANSWER THE QUESTION BECAUSE HE HAS NO ANSWERS. IT'S ANOTHER KCPD DOG AND PONY SHOW.
THREE YEAR PLAN ??????
LIKE HOW LONG DO TAXPAYERS HAVE TO WAIT FOR RESULTS TO CRIME?????
"KCPD Chief Forte refuses to answer basic questions about the new crime crackdown."
ReplyDeleteHow embarrassing.
Forte is such an embarrassment to the city. He is NOT a leader of the police department and should not be allowed to serve in this capacity. Forte needs to go!
ReplyDeleteWhen the city doesn't have any plan about public safety or much of anything else, and decisions are made and priotities set by whichever insider group or interest makes the most noise, then denial, delusion, and reaction seet the tone.
ReplyDeleteThe media has finally begun to ask some tough questions about the ineffectiveness and lack of attention to crime by the city and about the utter lack of leadership by the usual suspects in the black community. And the public is correctly astonished when police board members like the mayor are surprised by the fact that invesitgations are dropped if a victim doesn't cooperate. Which makes you wonder what IS discussed and what questions are asked at those police board meetings.
We've all seen program after program rolled out over the years, only to be ignored and allowed to gradually disappear and be replaced by the NEXT BIG THING. But the homicides continue at a reate of at least two every week and no one is held accountable for any performance or results.
And the patrol officers want to change the game and a majority of east side residents want to help.
But it takes leadership and courage to change the status quo and plenty of folks are doing just fine the way things are.
Courage and leadership.
Their plan is to evict people (who haven't been criminally involved) from 26th Prospect to Brooklyn and all of the crime would be solved, right? Wrong! It seems there's a murder every 5 minutes within blocks of the Kansas City Missouri Police stations. They can start by addressing that. Forte is out of his league. We like Mike; not so much for Forte! I'm Glad had the guts to stand up to Forte. Forte, we don't need another hero.
ReplyDeleteLooks like Forte is under fire from the press. He might be taking an early retirement.
ReplyDeleteO to be the chief, I can do whatever I want and make all of those changes I have planned for years while in waiting. Sorry but reality says otherwise. Your heart may be in the right place but this is KCMO, nothing changes, the entrenched system and people ensure that change doesn't occur. How do you eat an elephant, one bite at a time, but sorry Chief, this is one giant ass elephant. Just do the best you can with crime and take care of your people then do as other chiefs and go find a pud job in the private sector. Again, this is KCMO, you didn't have a chance.
ReplyDeleteI watch the channel 9 video and man was that bad. The Chief of Police looked like he did not know what he was doing. No wonder crime is going through the roof in Kansas City. This is really bad for Kansas City.
ReplyDeleteYou can run but you can't hide.
time to retire.
ReplyDeleteNo wonder the criminals are so bold in Kansas City. The Paper Tiger Police Chief.
ReplyDeleteHe should have stopped and took the opportunity to get the media on board. Once again I am embarrassed of my police department, and I can't wait to go to work tomorrow knowing that I still don't have a leader with a backbone. You finally seem to have Jackson County prosecutors on board, and then turn a cold shoulder to the press? WTF is that? I'm not going to go on a tirade and slander you, or call you names, but come on, really? We need all the help we can get, and you, the leader of this department, just made us all look like assholes. We have enough people at my level who do a good enough job of that. You are supposed to be the face of the department, not the ass of it. Nice job today Chief.
ReplyDeleteVery embarrassing for the police department.
ReplyDeleteMAHONEY RULES!!!!!
ReplyDeleteWhy are you giving a presentation, open to the public, without details, only generalities?
At 39 seconds into the video, when Forte first appears on camera, you can see he's got that "oh crap, they're filming me" look on his face!
When a reporter asking questions, not badgering, makes the Chief turn mute and flee....that's really bad PR.
MAHONEY RULES !!!
Mahoney was probably hung over and in a hurry to get home to his "Closet Bear Gay Porn" site.
ReplyDeleteAnd this sawed off little fool is our police chief? Pathetic, in every way. Keep after him, Mahoney. We the public need this clown exposed for the idiot he is.
ReplyDeleteThat was soooooo embarrassing!
ReplyDeleteIt was that Oh Shit moment.
No wonder crime is out of control in Kansas City.
Does KCPD have a deck of cards like we had with Saddam? That would be pretty cool
ReplyDeleteThis is an insult to the Dept. KMBC shold apologize for the behavior of this out of line old reporter.
ReplyDeleteShut up, Gang member of the 8
DeleteThis is a major topic of discussion today and this evening among the rank and file KCPD and they are not happy. They are embarrassed but not surprised because Forte does the same thing to us and leaves us in the dark about everything.
ReplyDeleteMan that one broke the needle off my bullshit meter!
ReplyDelete938, an insult to the department? The only insult it is, is to the media, the citizens, and the rank and file officers who are out on the streets doing their jobs while Forte and the rest of the command staff like Hundley, Masters, Etc. are off doing anything and everything to make themselves look good while screwing the officers and citizens.
ReplyDeleteThis is a MAJOR blow to KCPD.
ReplyDeleteForte thinks that a dozen or so guys or responsible for the violent crime? Nearly all of the robberies and shootings are by different people, who have beefs with different people, or looked at the wrong guy wrong.
ReplyDeleteLet's just say these criminals are organized in a gang element. Just like any other criminal organization no matter how organized, you take out the top person, another rises up in his place.
By saying that a dozen or so criminals are responsible for most of the violent crime is just plain wrong. Forte knows it but doesn't want to admit it.
This is a huge embarrassment to the rank and file
Mike Mahoney handed the KCPD Police Chief his ass.
ReplyDeleteYes, he sure did. Also made the "unbelievable" part of the stupid fool's tweet HIS. Like, who d.f. (Daryl Forte, or Dumb Fuck) really is: unbelievable, not credible, and a morale KILLER.
DeleteI am disgusted that this idiot is our police chief. Mean Jean had poise; this scaredy cat puss ran to the elevators like a frightened mangina.
ReplyDeleteYou KCPD employees who dare to call yourself police officers should be ashamed.
ReplyDeleteYour Chief was ambushed and cornered but you don't support him.
You are traitors to your rank and to your badge supporting a reporter of the Chief. You are the reason our department is falling apart. You're only looking out for your own interests and don't want to be members of a team.
No one respects him in kcpd. That's the truth. A real police chief would have acknowledged the reporter, stepped our of the elevator, and would welcome a later meeting if he wasn't prepared to answer questions. He has the social and political skills of a moron.
DeleteYour an idiot. And if you support this chief then your just an idiot who don't do shit either. Why would I or any other hard working person wanna follow or support this sinking ship???? Go fuck yourself
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ReplyDeleteSeriously? If you only knew what you were talking about and how it is completely the opposite.
Watch forte at a board meeting sometime. He is a complete moron. He either defers questions to someone else or his standard line is "i'll have to get back to you." the amazing thing is the board gives him a pass every time. It's about time the public sees him for what he is. Glad Mahoney didn't give him a pass like the board and that tool yael.
ReplyDeleteForte is just like Obama. "As president I've got a lot of responsibilities." forte is busy with stuff. He has another appointment. Or something. He spends less time at headquarters leading the department than any other chief in history. No time to actually lead as he is always in some make believe "meeting with the community" or some phony "mentoring" of some ahit bag. Worst. Chief. Ever.
ReplyDeleteThought it was funny that in the video there is a well dressed captain in uniform and then DC Hundley is slouched in a chair behind him, dressed in a button down shirt with a lazy and careless look on his face
ReplyDeleteThe "well dressed captain" fits right in with forte and his gang of eight. How many times have the police had to intervene in his domestic relations? What happens in Vegas doesn't necessarily stay in Vegas.
Deletethe question Mahoney asked was not that difficult. you'd think the police chief could answer that simple question. man, that guy is clueless.
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ReplyDeleteYour right my wife said the guy looked like a bum, he looked hung over or half asleep. I was shocked to find out he was a Deputy Chief on the police department
Really RC? Ambushed? Cornered? He testified publicly about his new plan but can't give a reporter even some fundamental details about it? It's his plan for gods sake. And it's being paid for by taxpayer money. Mahoneys questions were spot on and in no way was he rude. The other commenters are right. Forte is horrible and is so far out of his league it's pathetic. Peter Principle defined. Too bad forte is too arrogant to recognize it and the board won't let him fail.
ReplyDeleteA lot of the people lighting up the comment section are union traitors who don't stand for the rest of the department.
ReplyDeleteYou are losing your battle and you represent only a small faction.
Real officers support their department and support each other. You employees are just worried about benefits.
You are an idiot. No officer supports our chief or commanders unless your a black officer who is getting favors.
Deletehey RC, it sounds like u r a member of the Chief's PR team.
ReplyDeleteIs it just me or did forte throw mean jean under the bus? She is smart and good on her feet but her answering questions about forte's bullshit "plan" that forte homself couldn't answer was just awkward.
ReplyDeleteRC must be one of those dicks in the media relations department.
ReplyDeleteRC,
ReplyDeleteThe PD is not union. You must be from JoCo or spending your Wed. nite drinking from Yael's koolaid pitcher
RC, because you are a union member does that mean that intelligence, truth, and reality shouldn't apply to police operations? Shit flows downhill, my lady. Your police chief has no leadership skills. Rank and file members, front line soldiers in the fight against violent crime, don't respect him. If he was a leader of any caliber whatsoever, he would clearly define a mission to the public in this battle, without releasing operational details. He FAILED again today, His amateur tweeting, criticizing media for asking legitimate questions about public safety, says it all. We, the public, want leadership. And we don't have that leadership at kcpd now.
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ReplyDeleteRC's definition of team player is to apparently blindly support someone who stabs you in the back at every turn. To blindly support someone who cares only about himself, people who look like him or people who can give him some financial or Political gain. Maybe forte should act like a team leader. Or at least try to act like one.
ReplyDeleteFor the first time in a long time now the fire chief shit bag and the police chief ( looking now like a fire chief shit bag, acting like a fire chief shit bag...hmmmm must be a shit bag )have something in common - PROPAGANDA
ReplyDeletewith KC mayor Obama, and police chief Obama look a likes, this looks more like a comedy show with hard core impersonations - the Games the officials play in KC keep the tax payers losing!!!
ReplyDeleteIt's going to take about a 100 tons of PR Horse Manure to cover up that mistake.
ReplyDeleteBad news for the chief, he should be better prepared for press next time around.
ReplyDeleteLooks like the honeymoon may be over. Guess it takes murders at a record pace for the media to figure out what a phony forte is. Goes to show you what happens when he doesn't have someone around to talk for him. Surprised it took so long.
ReplyDeleteThe members of the small "fraternity" know who I'm talking about. I call them union because that's what they want. This is a shameful thing you are doing. Better to stand with our team than to turn your back on us.
ReplyDeleteForte has turned his back on pretty much everyone on the department. Except the blacks and/or those he is "mentoring" (mentoring meaning they suffer no consequence for violating policy or they are allowed to get paid for doing nothing). Supervisors and commanders are learning quickly who forte is "mentoring" Clearly you, RC, are one of those who Forte is "mentoring". As someone being mentored by forte you are empowered to act with impunity. You are untouchable
DeleteRC, Michael was one of the first I've seen in a long time: A REPORTER DOING HIS JOB!
ReplyDeleteContemporary journalism is merely propaganda for the corporate body, Mahoney was seeking hard-hitting questions for a city continually being caught in the crossfire.
(P.S. We know you're a COINTELPRO COP!)
Oh, I see now! RC is a member of the gang of 8!! It's crystal clear now!
ReplyDeleteYoung Journalists should take a lesson from the Master, Mahoney. People like him, Bob Woodward, and others have taken down corrupt organizations before, and Mahoney can and will do it in Kansas City.
ReplyDeleteU guys crack my shit up, RC talks too much like a white guy to be a circle of 8 member. He's probably a rook or wants a promotion out of media relations.
ReplyDeleteRC is a she.
ReplyDeleteI freaked out like that one time in Speech class back in high school.... .. . I was REALLY high at the time... .. ..
ReplyDeleteMichael Mahoney - Reporter Extraordinaire
ReplyDeleteKMBC News TV Channel 9
YOU'RE UNBELIEVABLE !!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKYcgMU-nJQ&feature=related
You burden me with your questions.
You're always asking what it's all about.
You say to me, I don't talk enough.
The things you say, your purple prose just gives you away.
The things you say, you're unbelievable.
You're so unbelievable.
Sincerely,
Darryl Forte, Chief
KCMO Police Department
RC's "union" posse is mounted patrol.
ReplyDeleteWhat a fuquing circus! Now Mahoney's some big media hero and Forte is what he's always been. An EEO hire.
ReplyDeleteLet an officer talk to someone the way the chief did and see what happens to said officer..... Way to lead by example chief..... Way to lead.. Fucking prick
ReplyDeleteHey cheif your violating the social media policy that you are banging everyone else on. Posting things on the social media making the dept look bad.. I want a memo on why........
ReplyDeleteSo Mayor and commish mcinerney, bet UR glad u spent the taxpayers money on public speaking lessons for forte? FAIL!
ReplyDeleteHonestly RC is a past employee no one liked and thinks because he resigned he's still part of the PD family. RC, do yourself a favor and sthu before you're exposed for much worse.
ReplyDeleteCountdown to kcpd media wonks doing damage control with a press release outlining forte's "plan".
ReplyDeleteI think everyone can agree that the police department is going down hill while crime just keeps going up.
ReplyDeleteThis guy is a silly baby, it's one thing to not answer questions for a reporter. It's quite another to go on twitter and cry about it and then block citizens on twitter for calling him out. He does not understand leadership and his PR roll for the KCPD.
ReplyDeleteThere is no amount of PR-Media spin that can cover-up the incompetence that the news video showed concerning the police chief. Even if they release a "plan" the damage has already been done.
ReplyDeleteNot to mention how poorly dressed his command staff present themselves in a public city counsel meeting, while trying to stay a wake.
And this is our police department ??????
It's cause he's black and so is his command staff and they do as they please.
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ReplyDeleteI'll say this. First, Mahoney was doing his job, and did it well by asking the questions that needed to be asked.
Forte screwed up by no responding to Mahoney's legitimate questions. A royal fuck-up.
However, Mahoney also ended up looking like a complete dickhead by pulling the shit at the end of his report by whining that the chief called him "rude" in a Tweet.
While Mahoney certainly wasn't rude, he certainly didn't need to cry about the chief's Twitter statement.
By the way, Mahoney may be professional as a news reporter, but the end of the report showed his true personal life persona---that he can be a royal prick.
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Thank you, Mike Mahoney! 'Chief' Forte is in so far over his head that he can't even discuss it. And would someone please advise Forte that the Sonny Crockett look (and attitude) went out in the early '90s? He's the police chief of a major metropolitan area with a higher-than-average crime rate, and yet he consistently appears and sounds as if he could care less.
ReplyDeleteGood JOB MR. Mahoney !
ReplyDeleteI for one have lost all confidence in the Kansas City Missouri Police Department and it's ability to fight crime in Kansas City.
1031, you are so right he does look like Sonny Crockett.... only thing is Sonny wasn't racist and worked with a white guy. Clearly, this guy (you can't call him a chief) is racist and only cares and respects the black commanders and officers. I call for the firing of Chief Forte.
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't worry about the media unit doing anything, they can't even get the monthly informant out on time.
ReplyDeleteA lot of people are posting how they have lost confidence in the PD and this and that. Understand that Forte and his top commanders don't stand for the department members, especially the rank and file. Although they are the top commanders and the voice of the department, they don't have the backs of the rank and file, who are still committed to working for the city.
ReplyDeleteTop 10 Most Dangerous Cities Crime Risk Index
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2. Atlanta: 484
3. Birmingham Alabama (tie): 380
3. Orlando (tie): 380
5. Detroit: 369
6. Memphis: 361
7. Miami: 346
8. Baltimore: 339
9. Kansas City, Missouri: 337
10.Minneapolis (tie): 331
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Mahoney is an ass...always has been. Plus he spits on you when he talks. Wise move for the chief to want to get away from him.
ReplyDeleteYou gotta wonder how this idiot got to be Chief of Police. Oh yeah, he's black. Well then, you gotta wonder how that moron got to be Mayor. Oh yeah, he's black. What about that inexperienced asshole that's President of the US? Oh yeah, he's black. Imagine all that and hey, I didn't even point out that they're NIGGERS!
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ReplyDeleteNice try but Mahoney exposed the police chief.
So what were this chief's contributions to the department that got him promoted to chief? And this list of his to attack crime the police board seemed so in love with, did he create it with a plan for implementation, or did he just sit in his office for a year and cut and paste ideas from the Internet? Anyone can come up with a to do list, getting the shit done is the hard part. He's making the same mistake as the other most hated chief, SB, little care for the people who work for him, solely focused on this "plan". Either he balances all stakeholders or he's done.
ReplyDeleteAfter 14 years I left kcpd last year so I have a question for current members. There was a personal grooming policy in place for decades regarding facial hair that only allowed ”neatly trimmed” mustaches. No goatees. No ”I haven't shaved for a week” looks. And I know for a fact it was strictly enforced. Since the ”chief” has a goatee and a weeks stubble has that policy been changed? I haven't seen any other dept. members with stubble or goatees. I know I th may seem like a silly issue to most folks but for hard-working beat cops who care about their jobs and the citizens, having a chief who blatantly violates one of the most basic policies seems like a real kick in the nuts. Citizens of KC, the KCPD is making the titanic look like a successful cruise liner. Officers who would have never considered leaving 5 years ago are taking jobs 1500 miles away (Portland OR apparently has over a dozen former 5+ year kcpd coppers) because if the shitty morale here. Cops deal with a lot of BS such as shitty pay, disrespect from citizens, declining benefits just for starters. When a chief blatantly favors his ”gang” buddies and drives a bus over anyone who is not in his ”tribe”, it is no wonder his staff (who aren't a member of the annointed few) are abandoning 10+ year careers, moving their families, and leaving friends and family behind in search of greener pastures.
ReplyDeleteAnd, its only gonna get worse. I got a bad feeling that the severe shortage of staff is gonna hurt the city big time just as KC will have the spotlight (and cameras) in it for the All-Star events. Wait until people have to wait 30+ minutes for cops to show up to calls because of the staffing shortages. Last I heard we were down over 200 offficers (out of the 1300 we're supposed to have). Those shortages aren't felt in the chiefs office, but in the patrol divisions. Some shifts are running at half the staff they are slotted for. Point is, this chief needs to be making all the friends he can and giving the big fuck-you to one of the only truly respected journalists left in the city was not a smart move.
But I guess he'll get a pass from all the libs because if the heat gets too intense all he has to do is scream ”Racism” and the NAACP will come running to his defense.
KCPD is a shit-hole place to work.
ReplyDeleteFire his dumb unshaven stupid ass. Forte is a wart on the city's ass.
ReplyDeleteNever did like Mahoney. Or that other arrogant asshole that now anchors mornings.
ReplyDeleteMahoney has arrogance and no substance. I stopped watching his station long time ago.
ReplyDeleteThe real officers in the department agree that this was tabloid journalism.
ReplyDeleteMahoney is a arrogant ass, but the Chief totally fucked this up. And find a fucking razor, Forte. Comply with your own department's rules
ReplyDeleteAgreed. Nobody came out of this thing a winner but the Chief needs to do better and Mahoney is just a reporter.
ReplyDeleteWe need to cooperate to stop violence in KC.
ReplyDeleteGet it straight: Accountability is cooperation.
ReplyDeleteShit. If this is gonna be that kind of party I'ma stick my dick in the mash potatoes!
ReplyDeleteMahoney won. He made good points.
ReplyDeleteThe chief lost he ran away.
LMFAO @ 6:14...
ReplyDeleteThe Chief has a shaving waver for his "BUMPS" and for the pimples on his ASS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The white cops do not like their first black chief. I am shocked! Jackie Robinson had to deal with the same kind of people. I bet the people who hate the chief, also hate the mayor, Obama ect. I wonder what all the above mentioned people have in common? They can't tolerate people who are not white, making decisions. Their bias behavoir is so transparent it's scary.
ReplyDeleteDing! Ding! Ding!
DeleteAnd we have the race card...
Lol, it is hard on KCPD for white officers! Give me a break. Lol
DeleteI don't give a flying Fuck what color he is. He is not supporting the rank and file. His Twitter post is a violation of the code of ethics. The DC'S, chief and board should be terminated. Along with our mayor. Start over.
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