Steve Howe

The Lenexa, Kansas Police Department uses a company called Force Science to train its officers on use of force tactics. But experts in law enforcement say the company's research doesn't stand up to scrutiny, and fuels an adversarial relationship between police and the public.

Federal investigators did not find sufficient evidence that former Overland Park police officer Clayton Jenison willfully violated 17-year-old John Albers' constitutional rights when he shot and killed Albers. Jenison filed 13 shots into a minivan driven by Albers.

Missouri and Kansas voters are headed to the polls for some important elections today. Plus: The Johnson County Sheriff's Office says they've gotten hundreds of tips relating to election fraud, but after a records request from KCUR, they only produced one.

Few outside Sheriff Calvin Hayden's office appear to know what he and his department are investigating.

Six teens are facing felony murder charges after a killing in Black Bob Park in Olathe. The Johnson County District Attorney is seeking to try four of them as adults — but in Kansas, it’s exceedingly uncommon for 14-year-olds to be prosecuted as adults.

Johnson County District Attorney Steve Howe said officers were justified in the shooting because they believed the man would have harmed a woman in his hotel room.

In some of Johnson County's biggest cities, the increase in the number of stolen vehicles from 2019 to 2020 was over 40%. Police remain unsure about the reason but think the dramatic increase may be tied to the pandemic and economic troubles.