January 2017 has been an exceptionally violent and deadly month with homicides already outpacing the historic totals from last year.
Counting up a weekend of gunfire, domestic killings and local shootouts IN ADDITION to decaying bodies dredged up by search teams looking for missing women . . . The KCMO murder count for 2017 now stands at 14 compared with 11 at this point last year.
January is an important month for Kansas City crime stats because the cold weather keeps people inside and generally out of trouble. Early New Year's Day deadly shootings kicked off last year's murder spike and were blamed for the horrific body count that added up to 127 at the conclusion of 2016. The count was historic for many reasons but mostly because it was part of the biggest uptick in local murder in more than a generation.
As a response to the increasing carnage, The KCPD Chief is taking one on one meetings with community members regarding crime.
KCPD's most prolific anti-crime activist isn't impressed:
He's got a point.
After year-long meetings from the Citizens Task Force on Violence there is no new plan shared with the public to reduce the murder count that keeps trending upward.
To wit, the question goes out to our blog community . . .
IS KANSAS CITY CONFRONTING EVEN MORE 2017 BLOODSHED THAN LAST YEAR'S HISTORIC HOMICIDE COUNT???
You decide . . .
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