Crime in Kansas City

Atlanta, and Cleveland. Kansas citys execration risk is more tun three times the national average. i presuppose it could be worse. e could be St. Louis, the ations number one(a) city for crime. The national crime data from 2011 showed that Kansas City had the 10th highest rate of violent crime of 72 US cities with more than 250,000 people. Our murder rates were one-seventh highest of the 72 large cities, and second highest of its midwestern peers. These figures show that supporters of state train have few facts on their side when arguing that the current arrangement does much to keep the crimes in Kansas City low. Boosters of local control point out that a change could lead to more innovative approaches to battling crime.Elected officials and the entire city mansion staff ust have more responsibility and accountability for reducing crime in the future. Kansas city is one the few US cities without local control of its police agencies. KCS police staffing and police budget were c ompared to 10 early(a) cities Denver, Fort Worth, Indianapolis, Memphis, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Oklahoma City, Omaha, St. Louis and Tulsa. Kansas City had the second highest cost for its Police De divorcement per 1,000 residents. And the third highest number of furnish and civilian employees per 1,000 residents. So that being said, why does Kansas city have such a high crime rate?Kansas City, with a land area of almost 320 square miles, is somewhat split into two wear out divisions. south of the Missouri River, and north of the River. Two very different from each other in legion(predicate) ways. south of the river is more urban, which would make since because Down Town KC is south of the river. north of the river is mostly every last(predicate) suburban. The main difference between these two sides of the river is Crime Rate. normality of the river, north Kansas city is relatively safe. With a total of 15 homicides over the last five years, thats an average of only three annua lly.South of the river is he part of Kansas City that gets most of the headlines for violent crime. its a dangerous place to live, especially anywhere around Troost roadway to the interstateate 435. What i am getting at is, since the northland isnt where all of the crime is at, move some of the law enforcement from the North to the South. I read an article that was explaining what they are trying to do to help the crime rates to choke up increasing, and basically all it was saying was that the one way police underside be more utile is through communication. They simply said, you take the areas where the crime is, and thats where you put the cops.I feel like it shouldnt be that simple. Crime can happen anywhere, so Just because crime happens in the south of you put a bunch of cops in one area, it would be way less likely to have crime. But if all the cops are in one area, then theres no cops anywhere else, and crime will start moving to other places where it shouldnt. The adjoin ing article i read was from the Missouri Torch, they interviewed the Mayor of Kansas City, Sly James. James said the main closure is Just to educate. He said, All along the way, adults have failed to take nessacary steps to break the cycle of an ducation dodge that has been inefficient at best. Exactly, people wouldnt know what is right from wrong if you dont tell them growing up.