Dear Friends, The Police Foundation of Kansas City, Missouri, was formed by citizens in 2010 to reduce crime in our community. The Foundation does so by generating funds for Kansas City, Missouri, Police Department (KCPD) initiatives not fully supported by existing public funding. The factors that contribute to violent crime in our cities were further [...]

When the community demanded increased accountability from its law enforcement, the Police Foundation of Kansas City stepped up to help. For many years, KCPD has requested funding to purchase body-worn cameras and video storage in their annual budget allocation from city government. As civil unrest erupted in Kansas City and throughout the country following the [...]

Yet, the Kansas City, Missouri Police Department (KCPD) worked diligently to identify violent criminals and to get justice for those who were killed – with technology resources provided by the Police Foundation of Kansas City. Based on the FBI’s Uniform Crime Rate (UCR) standard, the KCPD homicide clearance rate for 2020 was 73%. That’s up [...]