ONGOING KANSAS CITY HYDE PARK BURGLARY CRISIS INSPIRES NEIGHBORS TO LOOK BEYOND POLICE PROTECTION!!!

For more than a year Hyde Park has endured an EPIC crime spree that includes home invasions, violent teen flash mobs and near riot conditions on some weekends. The response from local elected leaders and authorities hasn't seemed to impress these residents.

So they're taking matters into their own hands.

Take a look:

Fox4: Overwhelming number of break-ins motivate Hyde Park neighbors to take a stand

Deets:

"A group of people living in the South Hyde Park neighborhood said they are no longer solely relying on police to patrol their neighborhood, and are taking matters into their own hands. Ruth Schmidt, who is helping organize the effort, said the group is looking at several different options which include hiring security, purchasing surveillance cameras or volunteering to patrol the neighborhood themselves . . ."

And so . . .

WILL THIS KANSAS CITY NEIGHBORHOOD MOBILIZATION WORK OR DO THESE LOCALS NEED TO TALK OPENLY ABOUT ARMING THEMSELVES AND/OR MOVING???

Developing . . .