Kansas City Crime Scene: KCPD Interim Chief Backed Up Prez Biden

Most local media didn't notice this but we think it deserves attention . . .

Notice Kansas City's interim top cop standing right behind the Prez during Friday's word on more cash for police across the nation. 

Moreover . . . 

BEHIND THE SCENES THERE'S AN EFFORT TO DRAFT INTERIM CHIEF JOSEPH MABIN TO TAKE THE JOB PERMANENTLY!!!

Insiders . . . 

Mayor Q was very loudly trying to get the new temp top cop to reconsider his stance against taking the job on their recent trip. 

Moreover . . .

The law man has a great deal of support from inside the department and his promotion would limit the damage from an outsider social justice candidate. 

We'll keep our eye on this story and, of course, link when MSM claims that they "reported" news we blogged weeks earlier. 

Per ushe.

For now . . .

Check TKC news gathering on a great many topics related to local crime . . . And, of course, attempting to finish with a bit of hope.

Kansas City mayor says city is getting federal grant to help fight crime

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Biden: 'Negative Side of Bail Reform Is Vastly Overrated' | National Review

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1 juvenile, 1 adult stabbed in Kansas City, Kansas, on Friday

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Kansas City man charged with leaving scene of an accident in death of Chiefs fan last fall

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Overheard talk about deadly Arrowhead hit-and-run leads to charges

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Wife of victim in fatal hit-and-run at Arrowhead stunned man charged was released after posting $500

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Former respiratory therapist charged with murder waives extradition

The former hospital respiratory therapist now charged in a patient's death in 2002 is heading back to Livingston County, Missouri.Jennifer Anne Hall appeared by video conference before a Johnson County, Kansas judge Friday afternoon after being arrested in Overland Park on an unrelated identity theft charge.Hall is charged in Livingston County with the death of 75-year-old Fern Franco when she was a patient at Hedrick Medical Center in Chillicothe, Missouri.Franco is one of nine people who died mysteriously in 2001 and 2002 at the hospital.

Jackson County Sheriff's Office K-9 unit now armed with Narcan

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A local group works with survivors of violence to break the cycle

Almost every day, Marquell Harris visits two hospitals: Research Medical Center and Truman. And almost every day, he sees new survivors of gunshot wounds, stabbings or blunt force trauma. Harris is a hospital responder for the violence prevention program Aim4Peace.

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