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SUMMARY:January 2026 SKCA Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Please join us at our South Kansas City Alliance public meeting at 6 p.m. Monday\, January 12\, in the community room in the front building of the South Patrol Police Campus\, 9701 Marion Park Dr.\, to hear about important public safety updates from top law enforcement officials and about new initiatives to strengthen neighborhoods and area nonprofit charitable organizations.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJackson County Prosecuting Attorney Melesa Johnson will report on her accomplishments in reducing crime by successfully prosecuting criminals during her first year in office and how citizens\, businesses and organizations can best work with her office to combat crime.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJohnson has made prosecuting domestic violence a top priority since taking office.  Also\, the latest statistics show she has filed more state criminal charges for celebratory and reckless gunfire within or into city limits than any other county prosecutor in the state since the recent enactment of Missouri’s Blair’s Law named to honor the memory of 11-year-old Blair Shanahan Lane who died here after being struck by such gunfire while playing in the yard during the July 4 holiday in 2011.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSouth Patrol Assistant Division Commander Captain Jeffrey Littlejohn will explain the significant drops in several categories of serious crimes from 2024 to 2025 throughout the city and also discuss crime trends in south Kansas City.  Citywide\, stolen autos fell 32% from 2024 to 2025\, non-fatal shootings fell 31%\, robberies fell 27%\, property damage fell 19% and stealing fell 15%.  Homicides only fell 5%\, but that was still the lowest number of homicides since 2018.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJackson County Legislature Chairman DaRon McGee will give an update on county operations and explain the county’s recent approval of sizable grants for nonprofit charitable organizations that serve residents throughout the county.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKCMO 5th District-at-Large City Councilman Darrell Curls will report on a new resolution he sponsored to provide increased dedicated funding for city neighborhoods for neighborhood improvement projects.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLarry Beaty\, Chairman of the Jackson County COMBAT Commission that oversees the county’s antidrug efforts\, will give a brief overview of the program’s work that helps finance drug enforcement activities in Jackson County by law enforcement agencies and organizations’ rehabilitation activities for recovering users of illegal drugs.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLawrence Marsh\, a retired economics professor at Notre Dame University and member of the Board of Trustees at Avila University\, will speak briefly about how the prospects for economic success for all residents of our country are intertwined and how we all do better when we all do better. Marsh has donated a total of 20 copies of two books he has written on this subject that will be given away at the meeting through a drawing.  The hard cover “Optimal Money Flow” was published in 2020\, and an updated paperback version “Money Flow in a Dynamic Economy” was published in 2024.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nArea nonprofit organizations are always welcome to announce their upcoming events.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nUpcoming events
URL:https://southkcalliance.org/event/january-2026-skca-meeting/
LOCATION:Kansas City Police South Patrol Division\, 9701 Marion Park Dr\, Kansas City\, MO\, 64137
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