KCPD Chief Forté: "Reducing violent crime will require the involvement of the entire community. Police can’t do it alone."
KCPD Chief Forté: "Reducing violent crime will require the involvement of the entire community. Police can’t do it alone."
KCPD Chief Forté offers his analysis of and executive summary of 2011 homicides while offering hope for the New Year.
They always say the same thing when murders spiral out of control in KC.
ReplyDeleteIf murders were down he would attribute it to quality policing and his wonderful policies.
This is an east side problem that requires the folks over there to speak up when they know the story. I really don't think some white guy living on 50th and State Line is going to be of much help.
ReplyDeleteUntil the "ministers", "community leaders/activists" and politicians have the WIIL to lock the gangsters up and keep them in prison, nothing will change.
ReplyDeleteThe big issue in controlling the problem is that our punishment system is set up and controlled by BLEEDING HEARTS. Our jails and prisons need to be more like the old fashion hard labor camps and make it LONG HARD AND MISERABLE for them. And it's PURE BS that there is nothing for the young people to do. You hear on the news all the time of these places that really need volunteers, it's that these younsters DO NOT WANT TO WORK for what they want now days
ReplyDeleteThe guy at "50th and State Line" is only there to be be harassed by speed traps and red light cameras. He could vote the clowns out of office but for some reason he doesn't.
ReplyDeleteDEar Mr. Tony: Thanks for posting this info--best of luck to Chief Forte!! It has not been a good year homicide-wise for KCMO--we end the year at 114 homicides--compared to 106 in 2010; across the state, Saint Louis ends the year with 113 homicides--compared to 144 in 2010. Predictions for early 2012: Expect the city's talking heads to blame the 2011 homicide surge in KCMO on 1) The recession 2) Lack of gun control 3) A bad education system in KCMO and, if they really get desperate to lie their way out of their responsibility for what has happened, 4) Lead paint in houses. First rule of contemporary politics: You are never responsible for any disasters that take place. Our political class has come a long way from the Normandy invasion of June 6, 1944: After giving the order to launch the invasion, General Eisenhower dictated a letter and gave it to his aide with instructions to have it released in the event the invasion failed. In the letter Ike said the failure of the invasion was his complete and total responsibility. And the political class of today wonders why the public despises them. Sincerely and REspectfully, Ernest Evans
ReplyDeleteErnest, you forgot about the overindulgence in Twinkies. Or maybe it is HoHo's.
ReplyDeleteNobody has an excuse or a valid reason for killing another human being, no matter how wretched his/her upbringing, self defense excepted.
If the talking heads try to pull this off, I hope everyone calls them on it. I am "up to here" with these excuses.
agreed. No more excuses. It's time for action.
ReplyDeleteno snitch....hahahahahaha!!!!
ReplyDeleteThe reduction of murder and crime will take BIRTH CONTROLL.
ReplyDeleteWhat some people fail to realize is that the police are not present when violent crimes are committed. They rely on cooperative witnesses to build a case. And if there's no witnesses because of "stop snitchin" mentality, then the case will go unsolved. The East Side needs to quit passing the blame elsewhere and realize the clean-up begins with them.
ReplyDeleteWhat's the chief's favorite dessert? Strawberry SHORT cake.
ReplyDelete5:44pm - well said. I agree wholeheartedly!
ReplyDeleteDear 3:41PM: Thanks for reminding me about the infamous "Twinkie Defense." Reminds me of the time a serial killer I interviewed told me that he killed people because: "It is better to be wanted for murder than not to be wanted at all." Many of the city's "talking heads" operate at about that level of sophistication when it comes to the crime issues of KCMO. Sincerely and Respectfully, Ernest Evans
ReplyDelete12/30/11 11:23 AM is dead on.
ReplyDeleteWhen crime goes down Cops pat themselves on the back, with their new programs. When it's out of control it's the communities fault.
What happen to all those "promises" when they asked us to pass the public safety sales tax?
It has not been a good year homicide-wise for KCMO--we end the year at 114 homicides--compared to 106 in 2010...... so who got fired for poor performance? Time for some heads to roll.
ReplyDelete12/30/11 5:44 PM
ReplyDeleteSo why have a Hot Spot crime program?
We heard the same thing from the Last police chief when he took office.
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ReplyDeleteI never said I'm for it. To me, it appears as though it focuses on concentrated enforcement versus community involvement.
Chief Forte' is right. It's going to takethe entire community, starting with the neighborhoods and residents east of Troost where ober 90% of the homicides occur.
ReplyDeleteSo instead of trying to take over the school district so that they can enrich themselves and their friends, why don't black "leaders" like Gwen Grant, Tolbert, Clinton Adams, Hartsfield, Al Brooks, and the rest of the grifters, take it upon themselves to work with east side folks to help them participate in their own safety?
Because there's no money in it, that's why!
The curtain has finally been pulled away for all to see.
Now who will do somthing about these poverty pimps?
Here come the excuses for the increase in crime and poor performance.
ReplyDeletethe pd wont change until they get the racism out of the dept. that includes the gang of 8 who are protecting the blacks. and the chief is as guilty as the rest of the black chief im hoping that the whit detective wins his case against them. the attorney general of missouri should investigate this problem
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