Kansas City is seeing an increase in property crimes. Now, community leaders are coming together to discuss how residents can avoid becoming a victim.The Jackson County prosecutor and a community interaction officer from the Kansas City Police Department will discuss what residents can do collectively to keep those kinds of crimes from happening to them. KCPD emphasized everyone should lock their doors, take valuables out of the car, and not leave it running while unoccupied. Even though there is an uptick in crime, Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker says less of those cases are reaching her office.“The truth is, though, that the vast number of property crimes cases are not solved. That’s just always been true,” Peters Baker said. She said those kinds of cases can be difficult to solve. “Better personal habits is great. But what else can we do collectively as a city to prevent that from happening?” she said. She says her goal is to reduce crime and focus on prevention rather than just respond to it.”I’d like to talk about ways we can reduce crime from happening. You know, like reduce the overall incident rate of crime happening rather than simply the response to it,” Peters Bakers said.Katie Phillips and her family just moved to Kansas City from Los Angeles. They had their car stolen from their driveway after just one week of living here. “It was a good wake-up call for us being new here,” Phillips said. “I was just shocked. It just wasn’t there.” They never got their car back, but say they’ll be extra careful now. She’s hopeful that sharing her story will keep the same thing from happening to other people. “Definitely lesson learned. And yeah, we’re just going to continue to be more aware of our belongings,” Phillips said. “We’ve just been trying to share our story just to tell people, like, keep things out of your car.”The meeting was at the Plaza branch of the Kansas City Public Library at 6 p.m.
Kansas City is seeing an increase in property crimes.
Now, community leaders are coming together to discuss how residents can avoid becoming a victim.
The Jackson County prosecutor and a community interaction officer from the Kansas City Police Department will discuss what residents can do collectively to keep those kinds of crimes from happening to them.
KCPD emphasized everyone should lock their doors, take valuables out of the car, and not leave it running while unoccupied.
Even though there is an uptick in crime, Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker says less of those cases are reaching her office.
“The truth is, though, that the vast number of property crimes cases are not solved. That’s just always been true,” Peters Baker said.
She said those kinds of cases can be difficult to solve.
“Better personal habits is great. But what else can we do collectively as a city to prevent that from happening?” she said.
She says her goal is to reduce crime and focus on prevention rather than just respond to it.
“I’d like to talk about ways we can reduce crime from happening. You know, like reduce the overall incident rate of crime happening rather than simply the response to it,” Peters Bakers said.
Katie Phillips and her family just moved to Kansas City from Los Angeles. They had their car stolen from their driveway after just one week of living here.
“It was a good wake-up call for us being new here,” Phillips said. “I was just shocked. It just wasn’t there.”
They never got their car back, but say they’ll be extra careful now. She’s hopeful that sharing her story will keep the same thing from happening to other people.
“Definitely lesson learned. And yeah, we’re just going to continue to be more aware of our belongings,” Phillips said. “We’ve just been trying to share our story just to tell people, like, keep things out of your car.”
The meeting was at the Plaza branch of the Kansas City Public Library at 6 p.m.
