Kansas City Playlist: Crime Expert Exposes Police Staffing Stats

Our friend Dr. Evans is a leading, local criminology expert and he was kind enough to send this note our way.

Given all the talk about poling today . . . We hope to provide more context for the discussion with this information . . .

Dr. Ernest Evans: KCPD Personnel Statistics

Number of sworn officers in KCPD at the end of 2019: 1385;
Number of sworn officers in KCPD at the end of 2020: 1288;
Number of sworn officers in KCPD at the end of 2021: 1185.

Stats not yet in for 2022—but Department has continued to lose officers in the course of the year. 

In response to the riots in 1968 the city established a commission on public safety that recommended a total strength for the KCPD of 1500 sworn officers.  

So, KCPD is currently massively understrength.  

First priority of new Police Chief:  Restore numbers and morale of KCPD.  

Otherwise, city as we know it will implode in the next several years.

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As always, we thank KICK-ASS READERS for sharing info.

And this note inspires TKC playlist on the topic of police tonight . . .

Apropos for this era of digital surveillance, here's the signature 80s tune from The Police . . .

This song comes up in a lot of police playlist and it's one of her better dancing clips . . .

We often link the '61 clip . . . Here's the reboot that's worth a look . . .

The Clash is our Kansas City playlist highlight for tonight . . .

And for the late night/early morning . . . 

We finish with everyone's 3rd favorite song from Cheap Trick . . .

As always, thanks for reading this week and have a safe & fun Saturday night.