A Kansas City of crowd control and community outreach takes a hit as public support of this unit wasn't able to outweigh KCPD manpower concerns.
First word from KCTV5 via Twitter:
KCPD mounted patrol will be put back out into the mix to help offset shortage of officers on the street . . .
More news from KSHB:
Chief Rick Smith has talked to mounted patrol to find a regional approach to keep the unit going BUT starting today those officers will move back to the streets.
This will allow current patrol officers to apply to the 8 open positions needed in violent crimes.
Developing . . .
Penny wise.
ReplyDeleteYou know the rest.
Don't ever count on them having the money to bring them back. Not anytime soon.
DeleteWas always a joke, sell the horses and buy them cars.
ReplyDeleteWell, I have seen a kid turned around by becoming interested and engaging with mounted patrol. That's just one out of thousands. Beats the heck out of wasting funds on Saturday/Sunday morning radio pffts. They have grabbed a few bad guys along the way. Their main function is community care( like a beat cop but faster) outreach because horses are cool, crowd control because horses are bigger than you.
DeleteLets get rid of the dozens of worthless Captains, Majors and Sergeants that eat up the budget with their $100-120k salary and take home cars. This is a political move, if they want to actually improve things they need to start at the top
ReplyDeletePoor COPS! WHO would want to bother? They'll be Sitting-Ducks! What a Shame. Folks get what they ask for. Loose Laws, Lawless Immoral People....... Then cry they need a safe place over nothing but WORDS. Weak minded idiots...
ReplyDeleteTOP PHOTO -- GUCCI HORSESHOES
ReplyDeleteThough the Mounted Patrol is being phased out, for the sake of diversity and inclusion, the farrier is allowed to stay!!!
Sell the horses buy bullets
ReplyDeleteThe horses will be needed to control the libtard protesters when Trump wins a second term.
ReplyDeleteBullets r better.
ReplyDelete^^^ OUCH
ReplyDelete8 more detectives sitting around bitching about the field officers. I can see violent crimes being solved with this brilliant idea. You go chief
ReplyDelete$36-million toward a garage on a speculative office tower is a lot of hay. Just saying KCs priorities sometimes astound.
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