Downtown KC-MO's "Power & Light District" is slowly being overrun by crime- particularly (when I work) on weekends.
A well-publicized shooting 2 weekends ago- plus other sundry more minor assaults & robberies have plagued this area since early summer.
Center Zone patrol officers and MAST-EMS ambulances already handle dozens of calls there on any given weekend (personal documentation IS available).
In Wednesday morning's KANSAS CITY STAR- it's reported that the chairman & CEO of Cordish- the corporate entity that built the P&L with a HUGE check from city taxpayers- is "demanding a police show of force" in the P&L District.
Oh really? "Demanding?"
At whose expense should this police "show of force" be charged to?
The inner-city- where the crime/murder rate is highest?
Westport- where there's ALREADY a police "show of force" on weekends- yet has done nothing to slow crime & shootings- and a recent murder there?
How about these borderline-effective police sobriety checkpoints?
I imagine Cordish's "demands" will be met- seeing how corporate rules in the good-ole UCSA (see endless taxpayer bailouts).
Plus- the city can ill afford to jeopardize the $300-million taxpayer investment in the P&L District. That's be ANOTHER bill come due- at our expense.
Maybe the City can convince the governor to assign National Guard troops to Kansas City's party areas on weekends- so the KC-MO Police Dept. can try a little offense- rather than on the defensive of running from call to call until other areas of the city are sapped of police protection.
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There hasn't been an uptick in crime downtown. Its the exact same its been for years - relatively non-existant.
The only difference is there are more people down there, people who scare easily. I live a block south of the P & L, and the only thing I've noticed is more annoying drunk people stumbling around and people driving the wrong way down Walnut. Crime is the same - in fact, its probably safer, because there are less "broken windows" and more people.
I am a clean cut nice Patriot and I was recently arrested downtown for doing absoulutely nothing...2 of my friends did as well and we were physically attacked by these so called peace keeping police...The more police downtown the more $$$$ the crooks downtown make...The bars are in on this scam as well...If the military starts to get involved then we are under the New World Order
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