KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas Citians may see four-wheel utility task vehicles on the streets of downtown Kansas City, Missouri.
These vehicles are part of the latest in a series of strategies deployed by the Kansas City, Missouri, Police Department in response to ongoing crime concerns in certain parts of the city.
KCPD Chief of Police Stacey Graves was part of an unveiling ceremony Tuesday morning at KCPD Headquarters.
“It will be everyday use, specifically downtown, to get into all the parking garages and sometimes the back alleys,” Graves said at Tuesday’s event. “It's equipped with air conditioning and heat, so we can use them all around the seasons and 24 hours a day.”
The UTVs were donated by the Police Foundation of Kansas City as part of a partnership with the downtown business community.
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If you have any information about a crime, you may contact your local police department directly. But if you want or need to remain anonymous, you should contact the Greater Kansas City Crime Stoppers Tips Hotline by calling 816-474-TIPS (8477), submitting the tip online or through the free mobile app at P3Tips.com. Depending on your tip, Crime Stoppers could offer you a cash reward.
Annual homicide details and data for the Kansas City area are available through the KSHB 41 News Homicide Tracker, which was launched in 2015. Read the KSHB 41 News Mug Shot Policy.
