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Lee’s Summit police now require every police agency in the country to agree to a set of rules before allowing access to Flock data. The department says they may be ‘pioneers’ in this kind of data protection.

Despite memorials and commemorations, some observers fear the tragedy is fading from memory as the nation marks 25 years since the 2001 terrorist attacks.

At the end of July, Kansas City Police Chief Stacey Graves announced that she is retiring from her role leading the department after four years. She joined KCUR’s Up To Date to look back at her time as the first woman to serve permanently as KCPD chief, and to discuss the department’s future.

Hawley, the chair of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism, , demanded Flock Safety CEO Garrett Langley provide answers on what safeguards the company employs to protect Americans' data.

St. Charles County Police say they've ceased using Flock Safety cameras after a civilian employee allegedly abused the system for personal reasons. Pulaski County is also ditching the cameras.

A new lawsuit argues that Wichita's “dragnet surveillance program” of AI-powered license plate readers violates the Kansas Constitution. The city began deploying Flock Safety cameras in 2020, analyzing vehicle details and logging them into a nationwide database without a warrant.

The death of 44-year-old Lloyd Gilmore after he sought help from Sikeston officers has renewed long-standing concerns about racial bias, accountability and police brutality. Gilmore's cause of death still has not been released.

Olathe's police chief says an officer has faced undisclosed disciplinary action after calling an ICE hotline and directing federal agents to the location of a traffic stop in February.

Valda City, a town of about 1,200 people, made Daniel Paulino its city administrator in 2021. Already the city's police chief, the move put him in charge of payroll and gave him access to the city’s bank accounts.

Since January 2025, more than 3,200 people from nearly 80 countries have been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Missouri. We learn about new figures obtained through a public records lawsuit released by the Deportation Data Project.

Legislation passed by the Missouri House on Thursday is designed to support people with disabilities or mental or physical health conditions that could impair their ability to communicate with officers.

Kansas lawmakers overrode Gov. Laura Kelly's veto to force the bill into law. Republican leaders say it's intended to prevent "radical protesters" from interfering with law enforcement or ICE actions. But press advocates say it's unconstitutional.