Kansas City Heals 'Generational Trauma' As Part Of Anti-Crime Plan?!?

A glimpse at a new cowtown collab sounds more like a group therapy plan than a novel approach to policing.

However . . . 

We'll try to keep an open mind and hope this "touchy feel-y" endeavor persuades local thugs to put their guns away.

Here's the basic idea . . .  

The mayor's office, the Jackson County Prosecutor's Office and the Kansas City Police Department have created a collective group called Kansas City United for Public Safety, or KCUPS.

This group stated Tuesday it has three phases for crime reduction: intervention, prevention and addressing root causes.

Intervention begins, Parks-Shaw said, in the elementary schools and in homes with addressing basic needs of families, as well as helping with generational trauma.

She mentioned there are more than 400 public school children waiting on a business or adult mentor to help show them a path to college, a career and life skills.

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

Kansas City leaders launch new crime-fighting plan to combat violent crimes, business break-ins

The collaborative effort focuses on three key points: prevention, intervention and addressing root causes.