Kansas City Activates Arson Deterrence Team

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Here's the word after only DOZEN OF CASES OF SUSPECTED EAST SIDE ARSON plagued the community for more than a year . . .  

Jackson County’s new Arson Focused Deterrence Initiative charged a man this week in connection with another fire at Olive Park Village, prosecutors said.

Jackson County Prosecutor Melesa Johnson said the team was created after two prosecutors pitched her the idea.

“Our Arson Focused Deterrence Initiative is an initiative that was really curated and spearheaded by two amazing prosecutors in our office, Julie Hamilton and Ryan Miller, who have kind of positioned themselves as our arson gurus, if you will,” Johnson said. “When they looked at some of the hotspot map data, they realized that we had a big concentration of arsons occurring within the East Patrol zone here in Kansas City.”

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Jackson County arson team formed to target Kansas City fire hotspots