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Results from KC-MO Violent Crime Commission

KCUR | By Sylvia Maria Gross

Published July 16, 2006 at 11:32 PM CDT

By Sylvia Maria Gross

Kansas City, MO – When last year's homicide rate rose dramatically, from 91 killings in 2004 to 127 in 2005, the Kansas City, Missouri City Council convened a committee to examine a wide range of data and programs related to violent crime in the city. Meanwhile, the homicide rate is back down this year, there have been 42 murders this year, as of Friday. The commission made recommendations to the City Council on June 29, and submitted a final report. To discuss its findings, mayor pro tem and city councilman Alvin Brooks joins us now.

Councilman Brooks called for the commission in October, and has been following this issue for decades, as a community leader and founder of the anti-crime organization Move-Up.