Nancy Chartrand, a police spokesman, said to put things in perspective, about 10% of U.S. police departments have a dedicated cold case unit, so it is not “unusual” for Kansas City, Kansas, to ...

— The Kansas City, Kansas, police department is opening a new unit to review cold cases, Chief Karl Oakman said. Oakman announced Thursday the city has 285 unsolved homicides spanning five decades.

At the May 27 Kansas City police board meeting, Deputy Chief Luis Ortiz told commissioners the department has seen a surge in interest in positions in the department’s communications unit after ...

The Kansas City, Kansas Police Department is launching the first dedicated cold case unit in the metro. KMBC 9 spoke with the police chief about why it’s a priority, and how he hopes it will ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - There’s controversy this afternoon surrounding Kansas City Police Department’s Cold Case Squad. The department will be shifting investigators from that department to ...

At the May 27 Kansas City police board meeting, Deputy Chief Luis Ortiz told commissioners the department has seen a surge in interest in positions in the department’s communications unit after ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Police Department is reforming its missing persons unit. Former Chief Rick Smith disbanded the missing persons unit last year, moving the detectives to ...

In Kansas City, police have revived the missing persons unit. Officers say they publish the number of missing people and communicate with the families involved with missing persons investigations.

22 graduate from Kansas City Police Academy, joining police department. Due to budget issues, there were no recruit classes in 2021. ... and $6.6 million toward the communications and 911 unit.

Kansas City Police Chief Rick Smith has disbanded the Missing Persons Cold Case Squad days before he officially retires from the department and weeks after the Kansas City Council approved a $269 ...