Olathe Police Department

Kansas and Missouri agencies have paid thousands of dollars to Street Cop Training. Since The Midwest Newsroom and KCUR began investigating, police departments in both states have stopped using the private company to instruct officers.

More than a dozen law enforcement agencies — from Overland Park to Prairie Village — will be encrypting their primary channels so listeners can't hear what police and dispatchers are saying over the air.

Brandon Lynch, 27, was shot three times by Olathe Police after responding to a 911 call from Lynch's sister on New Year’s Eve 2022, saying he was threatening her. He had a knife, a Taser and a history with police.

A court document released on Wednesday provided new details about the March 4 shooting at Olathe East High School. The affidavit said that school officials wanted to search Jaylon Elmore's backpack before he allegedly started shooting.

The suspect in the Olathe East school shooting remains in critical condition and was not able to attend his first hearing Monday on a charge of attempted capital murder. Paul Morrison, now in private practice in Olathe, has been appointed to represent him.

Olathe East students share their reaction to the shooting that left three people injured. Some students say they’re nervous to return to school.

Jaylon D. Elmore, an 18-year-old student at Olathe East High School, remains hospitalized after shots were exchanged in the school’s main office.

Students are being reunited with their families following an hours-long lockdown. The suspect, an 18-year-old male student at Olathe East, was shot and injured.