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UH, I WANNA CALL THE WORLD CUP COMMITTEE TO ORDER.
I AM VANESSA HUSKY, CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE.
MEMBERS PRESENT ARE DONNA PEYTON AND SEAN SMITH.
TODAY IS APRIL THE SIXTH, 2026, AND THE TIME IS 1130.
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OR RESOLUTIONS CURRENTLY IN COMMITTEE.WE HAVE PRESENTATIONS THIS MORNING.
WE WILL NOW MOVE INTO THE PRESENTATIONS AND WE WILL BEGIN WITH AN UPDATE ON WORLD CUP PREPARATIONS FROM THE JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE CAPTAIN TRAVIS PHILLIPS WITH THE JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT TO COME FORWARD.
THIS IS, THIS LOOKS LIKE A TURN PAPER.
SO THE, THE REALITY IS IT'S RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER BEEN, I'VE BEEN SHOWING UP TO THE MEETINGS WITH MAJOR MARTINEZ AND EVERYBODY ELSE ON THE WHOLE OF THE SITUATION.
AND FOR THE JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
WHAT WE ARE DOING, WHAT WE'RE PLANNING IS, UH, UTILIZING UP TO 12 EXTRA OFFICERS THAT ARE COMING FROM THE, OUR SWAT TEAM TO HELP COVER FOR A QUICK REACTION FORCE FOR INCIDENCES THAT ARE GONNA OCCUR IN KANSAS CITY, BUT MOSTLY OUTSIDE OF KANSAS CITY.
'CAUSE DURING FAN FEST AND DURING WORLD CUP, OBVIOUSLY REALIZED THAT INDEPENDENCE IS DOING A STREAMING THING AT THEIR EVENT CENTER.
LEE SUMMIT'S DOING THEIR STUFF.
I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY THAT'S A LITTLE BIT NORTH, BUT THE REALITY IS, IS WITH ALL THESE PEOPLE COMING IN, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO BE FLOATING AND BE FLEXIBLE TO ASSIST AND PROTECT THE CITIZENS AND VISITORS OF JACKSON COUNTY.
SO THAT'S PRETTY MUCH ON A GIST.
ANY QUESTIONS? DOES THE COMMITTEE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ANY, ANY RESOURCE CONSTRAINTS THAT, THAT WE NEED TO HELP SOLVE? WITH THE STAFFING GOING UP, WE, WE'LL BE BETTER IN STAFFING THAN WE'VE BEEN IN MY WHOLE CAREER.
SO IN 27 YEARS, I THINK THE STAFFING'S GONNA BE GOOD.
I DON'T KNOW, HONESTLY, I CAN GIVE YOU THE ANSWER OF I THINK WE'RE GONNA BE GOOD BECAUSE OF THE, THIS NEVER OCCURRING HERE BEFORE.
BUT THE PLANNING IS THAT OUR SWAT TEAM WILL BE DOING YES.
A LION'S SHARE OF THE WORK AND OBVIOUSLY HAVE TO KEEP AN EYE ON THEM.
THINK WE ARE, EQUIPMENT-WISE, WE ARE DEFINITELY THERE.
AND STAFFING, I THINK WE'RE THERE FOR THAT ONE.
AND THEN AS THE PRIMARY LAW ENFORCEMENT UNIT FOR UNINCORPORATED JACKSON COUNTY, UM, ARE WE GONNA SEE ANY, UM, REDUCTIONS IN SERVICE IN UNINCORPORATED AREAS? OR HAVE WE PLANNING NO.
NO, WE'RE, UM, THE ROAD PATROL WILL STILL HAVE THEIR STAFFING.
UM, OBVIOUSLY PEOPLE CALL IN SICK AND HAVE THEIR THINGS.
THAT'S PRETTY MUCH FULLY STAFFED.
AND THEN WITH THE ADDITION OF SIX TO 12, UH, SWAT TRAINED OFFICERS, WHICH DO ROAD PATROL TWO, UM, THE ONLY THING WITH JUST TRAFFIC OF GETTING THERE WILL BE DIFFERENT.
'CAUSE I MEAN, WITHOUT INFLUX OF PEOPLE, IT'S GONNA BE BAD.
BUT THE, UH, JUST PUT BAD, THE SUPERVISOR, MYSELF AND, UM, CAPTAIN NEWLAND WITH THE SERGEANTS, PUTTING DEPUTIES, PLACING THEM SO THAT THERE WILL BE AN EASY RESPONSE TIME TO HANDLE INCIDENTS AS THEY OCCUR, SHOULD NOT BE, THAT'S OUR, OUR MAIN PRIORITY IS THE CITIZENS AND VISITORS OF UNINCORPORATED JEX COUNTY.
THE ONLY THING THAT I WANNA POINT OUT, AND I WANT IT TO BE OF RECORD MM-HMM
WHERE THE, UM, YOU'RE CALLING IT THE QUICK RESPONSE TEAM? YES.
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AND IT STATES THAT THERE WILL BE THREE TEAMS. YEP.AND THERE'LL BE IN 12 HOUR SHIFTS DURING THE MATCH DAYS AND FAN FEST DAYS.
AND TO ME, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I WANT THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE SHERIFF WILL BE INVOLVED IN THIS, IN ON THESE DAYS FOR THIS EVENT.
WE'RE GONNA BE DOING IT EVEN ON NON-FAN FEST DAYS.
SO THE 12 DAYS OUT OF THE 30, WE WILL HAVE AN EXTRA, THE SWAT TEAM WILL BE COVERING A 24 HOUR COVERAGE.
IT'S JUST, THAT'LL BE TO WHERE THAT THIRD TEAM DOESN'T GET, THIRD TEAM CAN HAVE A DAY OFF.
THAT'S JUST HOW IT'S GONNA BE.
BUT, UH, I'VE EXPLAINED TO 'EM AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE TRAINED UP.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE GOOD, GOOD GUYS.
IT'S GONNA BE LIKE A DEPLOYMENT THAT YOU GET TO GO HOME AND SHOWER AT HOME INSTEAD OF NOT GET TO SEE YOUR FAMILY FOR A MONTH.
PROBABLY WON'T SEE THEIR FAMILY VERY MUCH, BUT
UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
AND THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING US WITH THIS INFORMATION.
UM, THIS NUMBER AT THE BEGINNING, THIS EVENT REPRESENTS A TIER ONE GLOBAL SECURITY OPERATION, DRAWING MORE THAN 70,000 SPECTATORS.
WHEN I SEE THAT NUMBER, 70,000, I'M THINKING MAYBE THIS IS AN ELEVATED TIER ONE, BECAUSE SURELY WE'LL HAVE MORE THAN 70,000 SPECTATORS.
WELL, I DON'T THINK YOU CAN GO HIGHER THAN TIER ONE, I THINK IS WHAT THE REALLY YEAH.
FOR THE DEFINITION OF IT, TIER ONE'S PRETTY BAD.
SO, BUT WE'RE GONNA HAVE, I THINK WE'LL HAVE OVER 70.
THAT'S JUST NUMBERS THAT I WAS PULLING.
BUT THE, WE'RE GONNA DOUBLE OUR POPULATION.
SO IT'S, UH, THAT BEING SAID, CONFUSION, UM, AND ALL THE OTHER STUFF, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE PUTTING MORE STAFFING.
WE'RE MORE THAN DOUBLING THE STAFFING ON THE ROAD.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S GONNA BE ENOUGH.
'CAUSE WE'RE HELP, I MEAN, WITH ALL THE CITIES AND EVERYTHING ELSE LIKE THAT, THE, THE UNINCORPORATED AND THE SMALLER AGENCIES LIKE GREEN VALLEY, OAK GROVE, AND ALL THEM CROSSED I 70 BLUE SPRINGS BEING, UH, SMALLER THAN KANSAS CITY.
BUT THOSE SMALLER AGENCIES DON'T HAVE SWAT CALL OUT.
THEY DON'T HAVE CAPABILITIES LIKE THAT.
SO WE'VE, I'VE SPOKEN WITH THE CHIEF FROM GRAIN VALLEY AND HE'S, HE'S GOT TWO GUYS RIGHT NOW THAT ARE ON OUR TEAM.
SO HE'LL PROBABLY HAVE A THIRD BY THE TIME THAT HAPPENS, THEY REHIRED ONE OF THEIR GUYS.
AND I DON'T WANNA GET TOO DEEP INTO, UM, PARTICULARS BECAUSE OF SECURITY REASONS, BUT YOU MENTIONED, UM, THE MISSOURI HIGHWAY PATROL BEING A PART OF THIS AS WELL.
UM, AND THEY HAVE A HUGE ROLE IN KANSAS CITY, WHICH I'M SURE YEAH.
MAJOR MARTINEZ WILL COVER THAT PART.
THEY HAVE A HUGE ROLE FOR THE KANSAS CITY SIDE OF THE EVENT FOR ESCORTS, FOR ALL THAT, ALL THE THINGS GOING THROUGH THAT.
SO THEY'RE GONNA BE PRETTY ACTIVE ON THE KANSAS CITY SIDE.
THAT BEING SAID, THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO COME OUT.
NOT REALLY RELYING THAT THEY WILL BE ABLE TO COME OUT.
ANY MORE QUESTIONS? THIS IS, UM, KIND OF OFF THE BEATEN PATH, BUT I KNOW THAT KANSAS CITY USED TO HAVE A MOUNTED PATROL AND I, I THINK DID GREAT THINGS FOR PUBLIC RELATIONS, BUT ALSO IN CERTAIN CROWD CONTROL SITUATIONS.
THAT WAS ELIMINATED A WHILE BACK, I THINK.
AND, UM, THE COUNTY HAS, LIKE THE SHERIFF HAS SOMETHING, BUT IT, THOSE AREN'T SWORN LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, RIGHT? CORRECT.
AND THEY'RE MOSTLY PARADES AND SEARCH AND RESCUE, I THINK.
THEY WON'T UNTIL WE GET INTO A SEARCH AND RESCUE ROLE, WHICH COULD POP UP TOO.
'CAUSE WE DO HAVE A LOT OF WOODED AREAS.
THE, UM, THEY WOULD BE UTILIZED IN THAT EFFECT, BUT THEY ARE NOT SWORN.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTOOD CORRECTLY.
PLUS I LOVE HORSES, SO I DO TOO.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, CAPTAIN TRAVIS.
UM, THE UPDATE WAS GREATLY APPRECIATED.
HOPEFULLY THE TERM PAPER IS GOOD.
NEXT, WE WILL HEAR FROM THE KANSAS CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT.
I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE MAJOR, SHE SAID ABBY, BUT IT'S ABIGAIL MARTINEZ WITH THE KANSAS CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT TO COME FORWARD, PLEASE.
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THANK YOU.UM, DO YOU HAVE A PREFERENCE ON WHERE I GO? JUST IN FRONT OF MIC.
CAN SIT HERE OR YOU CAN SIT UP HERE.
I'LL, I'LL GO CLOSE ANYWHERE THERE'S A MIC WITH A GREEN LIGHT.
UM, AND THEN THE, THE CLICKER FOR MY SLIDES ALL.
I THINK I NEED TO DO THE STAY NEXT.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME TODAY.
I KNOW I'VE BEEN IN THIS ROOM OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS AS PLANNING, BUT NEVER AS A PRESENTER.
SO I APPRECIATE YOU HAVING ME.
UM, LOTS OF PLANNING HAS GONE INTO ALL OF THIS, AND I THOUGHT I WOULD MAKE NO ASSUMPTIONS ON WHAT IS KNOWN AND JUST KIND OF LEVEL SET FOR WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR AREA.
SO I JUST PRESENTED SOME SLIDES THAT WILL SHOW YOU AROUND, UM, OUR AREA AND WHY I'M NOT JUST FOCUSING ON KANSAS CITY.
IT REALLY IS A REGIONAL APPROACH TO ALL OF THIS, JUST BECAUSE THE NUMBER OF EVENTS THAT WE HAVE.
SO REALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, I AM FROM THE KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI POLICE DEPARTMENT AND LEADING, UH, THE SECURITY PLANNING FOR OUR DEPARTMENT, BUT CONNECTED REGIONWIDE, UM, AND THROUGH THE MIDAMERICA REGIONAL COUNCIL IS HOW WE SET UP THE COMMITTEES FOR PLANNING ON THIS.
UM, EVERYTHING FROM, UH, LAW ENFORCEMENT TO HEALTH AND MEDICAL, UM, ALL OF PUBLIC SAFETY, BUT ALSO THE NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS ARE INVOLVED.
AND THAT'S ALL THROUGH MIDAMERICA, ORGANIZ, UH, EXCUSE ME, MIDAMERICA REGIONAL COUNCIL IN THE SUBCOMMITTEE.
SO THIS IS JUST A OVERVIEW OF REALLY THE EXPANSE OF AREA IN OUR REGION THAT THIS TAKES PLACE IN.
SO OUR FUR FURTHEST ACTIVATION THERE IS ON THE WEST IS LAWRENCE.
THERE'S A TEAM BASE CAMP THERE.
THE NORTH THERE SHOWS THE AIRPORT THAT IS GOING TO BE HEAVILY USED THROUGH ALL OF THIS.
AND THEN YOUR EAST AND SOUTH POINTS HAVE, UM, UH, REGIONAL BUS STOPS THROUGH KC 2026, WHICH I'LL TALK ABOUT IN JUST A SECOND.
BUT REALLY AN AN OVERVIEW OF ALL OF THIS NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
WHEN WE SET UP THE COMMITTEES, UH, THIS WAS THROUGH FIFA.
UM, WHEN THEY PRESS PUSHED OUT INFORMATION TO ALL THE HOST CITIES, THEY REALLY WANTED EVERYBODY TO BE ON THE SAME, UM, AT LEAST TO START THE SAME.
AND SO THEY CREATED THESE 18 AREAS OF FOCUS.
AND WE HAVE TAKEN THESE 18 AREAS, UH, DIVIDED UP INTO COMMITTEES THAT ARE, UM, MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL AND REGION-WIDE.
AND THEN WE'VE CREATED COMMITTEES AS WELL.
BUT YOU'LL SEE THERE'S JUST A VARIETY OF THINGS THAT YOU HAVE TO PLAN FOR IN AN EVENT THIS LARGE.
SO THIS IS THE LARGEST SPORTING EVENT TO START WITH.
THE FIFA MEN'S WORLD CUP IS THE LARGEST SPORTING EVENT, BUT THEY ARE DOING THE LARGEST ITERATION OF THAT TOURNAMENT HERE IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA AND MEXICO.
SO 16 HOST CITIES TOTAL, 11 IN THE UNITED STATES, AND KANSAS CITY GETS TO BE ONE OF THOSE.
AND WE ALSO HAVE MORE ACTIVATIONS IN KANSAS CITY THAN ANY OTHER HOST CITY.
SO, UM, I AM PROUD TO SAY THAT, BUT ALSO IT'S THE REASON WHY IT KEEPS ME UP AT NIGHT
SO REALLY, THIS IS WHAT I'LL TALK ABOUT QUICKLY HERE.
I WON'T TAKE YOUR WHOLE DAY, BUT THIS, WHEN WE START TALKING ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT IS HAPPENING, IT'S NOT JUST THE MATCHES THAT, UM, WHAT THEY'LL CALL KANSAS CITY STADIUM.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO TAKE ALL THE NAMES AWAY.
SO I, I'LL SLIP UP AND CALL IT ARROWHEAD, BUT THAT'S OKAY.
SO WE HAVE THOSE SIX MATCHES, AND THOSE ARE THE FOCUS OF THE TOURNAMENT IS THOSE MATCH DAYS.
UH, BUT CERTAINLY A LOT COMES WITH THAT.
UM, THEY HAVE ESTIMATED OVER 650,000 NEW VISITORS TO OUR AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE TOURNAMENT.
THE TOURNAMENT LASTS 39 DAYS FROM START TO FINISH AND WILL INCLUDE IN OUR AREA A FAN FEST, WHICH WILL BE LOCATED AT THE WORLD WAR I MUSEUM AND MEMORIAL, UM, ON THE SOUTH LAWN THERE.
UM, AND THEN OUR ENTERTAINMENT VENUES, OF COURSE, WILL BE A HUB FOR PEOPLE TO GATHER, CELEBRATE, AND, UH, HAVE A GOOD TIME.
THE TRAFFIC ESCORTS ARE A MAJOR COMPONENT TO ALL OF THIS.
SO, UM, WITH THE TEAMS COMING AND GOING, THE CROWDS AROUND THE TEAMS, WE ESCORT THEM HERE, THERE AND EVERYWHERE.
WE ALL ALSO ANTICIPATE DIGNITARIES SHOWING UP TO OUR AREA TO WATCH MATCHES, TO BE AROUND THE TEAM.
SO THAT TAKES A SIGNIFICANT DEDICATION OF RESOURCES FOR TRAFFIC.
UM, THAT'S REALLY A BIGGER PIECE THAN YOU REALIZE IS GETTING EVERYBODY SAFELY WHERE THEY NEED TO BE.
AND WITHOUT JUST, YOU KNOW, MAJOR DISRUPTIONS TO TRAFFIC
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FOR OUR RESIDENTS, THE FAN MARCHES.SO THIS IS SOMETHING UNIQUE TO THE WORLD OF SOCCER.
UM, WE DON'T REALLY NECESSARILY SEE THIS IN OUR, UM, UNITED STATES FANDOM MM-HMM
BUT, UM, LOTS OF VIDEOS, IF YOU LOOK IT UP.
UM, YOU MIGHT STAY AWAKE AT NIGHT TOO, IF YOU LOOK UP TOO MANY VIDEOS.
BUT THEY, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THEY GATHER BEFORE, RIGHT BEFORE THE MATCH.
SO ON THE SAME DAY, THEY GATHER ALL THEIR FANS TOGETHER AND THE WAY THAT THIS IS DONE AND, UM, WHERE THERE'S MORE WALKABLE, UM, FROM CITY CENTER TO THE STADIUM, THEY WALK TO THE STADIUM AND, AND ARRIVE AT THE MATCH.
THE GEOGRAPHY'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT IN OUR CITY, SO THEY PROBABLY WON'T BE WALKING AROUND THE STADIUM, BUT WE ANTICIPATE THEM WALKING SOMEWHERE DOWNTOWN AS A SHOW OF CELEBRATION AND THEN GOING OUT TO THE STADIUM.
THEY MAY GO AROUND TO THE STADIUM.
THIS IS KIND OF ONE OF THOSE THINGS WE HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE HOW THEY GATHER.
UM, AND HOPEFULLY THEY TELL ABOUT, THEY TELL US ABOUT IT OR WE CAN SEE IT STARTING TO HAPPEN.
BUT THIS IS, UM, ONE OF OUR PLANNING, UH, ASPECTS THAT WE JUST KNOW IS GOING TO HAPPEN WHETHER THEY ASK US OR NOT.
CAN I ASK A QUESTION ABOUT THAT? YES, PLEASE.
UM, SO, UH, HAVING BEEN IN FAN MARCHES YEAH.
IN A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT EUROPEAN CITIES, UM, UH, SOME OF THEM HAVE GOTTEN A LITTLE FRICTION, UH, FOR TWO REASONS.
UM, AND MISSOURI HAS RELATIVELY, UM, UH, HIGH DEGREE OF LIBERTY WITH RESPECT TO PYROTECHNICS OUTSIDE THE CITY.
UM, AND THEN, UH, UH, THE OTHER IS FANS CLASHING, RIGHT? SO YOU SEE PEOPLE, SO, UM, UH, WHEN I WAS AT A MATCH IN, UH, UH, LONDON, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, LITERALLY THEY DON'T LET THE TEAMS ENTER THROUGH THE SAME, LIKE, IF YOU'RE A FAN FOR THIS TEAM, A, YOU DON'T ENTER THROUGH THE SAME GATE AS THE FANS FOR TEAM B, RIGHT? THE STADIUMS ARE SEGREGATED AND THEY LITERALLY KEEP PEOPLE FROM INTERACTING EVEN AS THEY COME AND GO.
THERE'S LIKE RULES WHERE FANS FOR TEAM A CAN ONLY GO TO THE WEST AND THE SOUTH AND TEAM B CAN ONLY GO TO THE NORTH AND THE EAST.
UM, UH, IS THERE, WHEN, WHEN I THINK ABOUT A FAN, MARCH ES ESPECIALLY THE PYROTECHNICS HERE WE HAVE, I I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, POP OFF GIANT MORTARS IN SAFE AREAS, BUT, UH, DO WE HAVE A REACTION TO THAT? AND IS IT A CONCERN? AND, AND I THINK IN KANSAS CITY WE'RE MORE LIMITED, BUT THEN ALL YOU GOTTA DO IS DRIVE TO THE SUBURBS AND BUY WHATEVER YOU WANT, RIGHT? EXACTLY.
SO TO ADD IT ON TOP OF THAT, IT'S RIGHT AROUND 4TH OF JULY, RIGHT AROUND THE 250TH CELEBRATION OF THAT 4TH OF JULY.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE, YOU'RE CORRECT, WE DON'T, WE ARE NOT ABLE TO SELL FIREWORKS IN KANSAS CITY PROPER.
BUT ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS STEP A FEW FEET NORTH INTO RIVERSIDE.
AND WE HAVE, I THINK THAT'S THE LARGEST TENT IN THE AREA, SO ALREADY DOWN TOO.
UM, SO YES, WE KNOW THIS GOING INTO IT, AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE ALSO BEEN PLANNING ON.
WE'VE HAD SEVERAL, UH, TRAINING DAYS WITH FIRE AND POLICE RIGHT ALONGSIDE EACH OTHER TO TEST DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE KNOW THAT THEY'RE MIGHT ANTICIPATE USING.
IT USUALLY LOOKS LIKE FLARES AND SMOKE.
AND SO WE'VE BEEN TESTING AROUND THAT, UM, TESTING OUR CAPABILITIES ON PUTTING IT OUT QUICKLY AND JUST GETTING RID OF IT.
UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN THERE'S DIFFERENT, UM, YOU KNOW, CONCESSIONS THAT YOU HAVE TO MAKE IN A CROWD THAT LARGE.
AND WE WILL, UM, KEEP EVERYONE SAFE, KEEP LAW AND ORDER.
UM, BUT WE WON'T GO, YOU KNOW, OUR PLAN IS NOT TO ARREST HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE.
WE WANT THEM TO HAVE A SAFE TIME AND THEN KEEP GOING AND MAKE SURE THAT OUR RESIDENTS ARE SAFE AS WELL.
SO THAT'S WHY WE'VE BEEN PLANNING ON, UM, JUST THE EXTINGUISHING OF THOSE PRODUCTS QUICKLY AND THEN MOVING ON.
UM, AND THEN WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IN THE STADIUM, THERE IS A ROBUST PLAN ON, UH, SEARCHING AND SAFETY AND SECURITY WITH THAT.
BUT NOT ONLY WITH, UM, YOU KNOW, MAGNETOMETERS THAT PEOPLE ARE WALKING THROUGH WHEN YOU GO TO AN EVENT THAT'S THAT SAFETY SEC, THAT SAFETY SCREENING THAT YOU GO THROUGH.
BUT WE'LL ALSO HAVE DOGS IN THE AREA.
UM, AND THEN JUST A LOT OF SPOTTERS LOOKING AROUND FOR ALL OF THAT.
UH, LOOKING AT HUMAN BEHAVIOR, BEING ABLE TO STOP IT BEFORE IT STARTS, AND THEN WHEN IT DOES START BEING ABLE TO PUT IT OUT QUICKLY SO IT DOESN'T ESCALATE.
SO WE'VE HAD A LOT OF TRAINING RIGHT ALONGSIDE FIRE WITH THAT.
WE KNOW THAT'S A, A WAY THAT, UM, PEOPLE LIKE TO CELEBRATE.
SO, UM, AS FAR AS THE CLASHING, UH, THE UNITED STATES STADIUMS AREN'T SET UP THE WAY THAT EUROPEAN STADIUMS ARE.
THEY'RE PURPOSE BUILT FOR THAT.
AND SO IT DOES MAKE IT A LITTLE MORE DIFFICULT.
BUT, UM, ONE THING THAT WE DO HAVE IN OUR FAVOR IS THAT A LOT OF THOSE VIDEOS AND WHAT YOU'RE SEEING, THE PASSIONATE FANS, UM, IN THE CLASH BETWEEN THOSE ARE AT A CLUB LEVEL.
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NATION, UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU THINK OF LIKE THE OLYMPIC TYPE LEVEL, WE DON'T SEE AS MUCH OF THAT.ALTHOUGH WE HAVE SENT PEOPLE TO, UM, CROWD CONTROL TRAINING, WE HAVE STOOD UP A PUBLIC ORDER UNIT, UM, JUST IN TIME FOR THIS.
WE HAVE, UM, OUR SWAT CAPABILITIES ALREADY.
SO WE'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF TRAINING AROUND THAT AS WELL AS THAT BEHAVIORAL DETECTION FOR OUR OFFICERS.
UM, SO AS MUCH AS WE CAN BE PREPARED FOR THOSE THINGS WE HAVE IN PLACE, AND I'M PRETTY CONFIDENT ABOUT OUR PLANS.
UM, AND THEN ONE OF THOSE THINGS IS JUST BEING FLUID ON THE REACTION TO, UM, WHAT IS HAPPENING IN FRONT OF US AND ADJUSTING OUR PLANS, UM, VERY QUICKLY.
SO, UM, WE HAVE, WE ENDED UP IN THE AREA WITH FOUR BASE CAMPS.
SO THERE WAS, YEAH, THE WAY IT STARTED WAS A, UM, BROCHURE THAT FIFA PUTS OUT TO THE TEAMS AND SAY, YOU KNOW, HERE'S THE LIST OF ACCEPTABLE PLACES THAT YOU CAN CHOOSE FROM.
WE HAD THREE IN KANSAS CITY, AND THEY LOVED THE TEAMS, LOVED KANSAS CITY SO MUCH THAT THEY CONVINCED FIFA TO ADD A FOURTH LOCATION TO KANSAS CITY.
SO WE ENDED UP WITH FOUR, AND I'LL GO OVER THAT IN JUST A SECOND.
AND THEN THE HOTELS IS, UH, CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO PLAN FOR, NOT ONLY TO KEEP EVERYONE SAFE, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT IS WHERE THE BULK OF OUR VISITORS WILL BE, BUT ALSO BECAUSE THE TEAMS ARE STAYING AT HOTELS.
AND WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IN THE PAST AND LEARNED FROM OTHER TOURNAMENTS IS THAT, UH, CROWDS WILL GATHER AROUND THESE AREAS JUST TO SEE WHO THEY, YOU KNOW, HAVE COME AND BOUGHT TICKETS AND, AND WAITED THEIR LIFETIME TO SEE.
SO, UM, MANAGING THAT AND MANAGING THE TRAFFIC AROUND THAT FOR EVERYONE STILL HERE.
AND THEN ON, YOU KNOW, WHAT ESCALATES ALL OF THIS IS JUST THE INTERNATIONAL SPOTLIGHT THAT KANSAS CITY HAS PUT INTO MM-HMM
SO WE WANT KANSAS CITY AND OUR ENTIRE METRO REGION TO SHINE IN THIS INTERNATIONAL SPOTLIGHT.
AND, AND A BIG PART OF THAT IS BEING PREPARED, UH, WITH SAFETY AND SECURITY.
SO, UH, JUST VERY QUICKLY, AT ARROWHEAD, THEY'VE RENAMED AS KANSAS CITY STADIUM.
FIFA WILL TAKE OVER THAT PROPERTY IN MID-MAY UNDER CONTRACT.
AND SO YOU'LL START TO SEE A LOT OF FENCING AND, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE BUILT OUT AROUND THE STADIUM.
AND THE PARKING LOT'S GOING TO LOOK VERY DIFFERENT.
SO THEY PUT OUT A, UH, FENCE THAT GOES OUT WHERE THEY CAN HAVE KIND OF A HOSPITALITY OR FAN FEST AREA IN THE PARKING LOT.
AND THAT GOES AROUND THE ENTIRE STADIUM.
UM, THAT, THAT OPENS A COUPLE OF HOURS BEFORE, UH, KICKOFF ON MATCH DAY AND THEN CLOSES RIGHT AFTER, AND THEN IS NOT OPEN IN BETWEEN MATCHES.
THE MATCH DAYS ARE LISTED THERE.
THE LAST TWO IS THE KNOCKOUT ROUND ON FRIDAY, JULY 3RD, AND THEN THE QUARTERFINAL ROUND, WHICH IS SATURDAY, JULY 11TH.
WE ALREADY KNOW THAT WE HAVE SOME BIG, UH, TEAMS PLAYING IN KANSAS CITY, BUT WHAT WE DON'T KNOW YET IS THOSE LAST TWO MATCHES.
UM, DEPENDS ON HOW THE TOURNAMENT GOES AND WHO ENDS UP THERE, BUT IT'S, IT'S IN, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE, UM, INTO ALL THE BETTING AND THE SPORTS PREDICTIONS, WHICH I DON'T, I JUST LET PEOPLE TELL ME, UH, BUT THEY SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, COULD END UP BEING A PRETTY BIG MATCH.
UM, SOME MIGHT SAY THE MATCH OF THE ENTIRE TOURNAMENT.
SO, AND, UH, ANXIOUSLY WAITING, ANXIOUSLY WAITING FOR HOW THAT TURNS OUT.
SO THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE OF HOW WHEN THE, THIS IS A TEAM ARRIVING IN EUROPE TO THE STADIUM AND, UH, THE CROWDS THAT ARE WAITING, THE, THESE CROWDS WILL NEVER SEE A PLAYER COMING IN.
UM, THE TEAM, THIS TEAM BUS WILL GO UNDERNEATH THE STADIUM IN THIS PICTURE.
THEY UNLOAD UNDERNEATH A STADIUM.
THEY'LL NEVER SEE A PLAYER, BUT THEY ARE THERE JUST BECAUSE THEY LOVE THEIR TEAM SO MUCH MM-HMM
AND MOST FOR A PARTICULAR PLAYER ON THAT TEAM.
AND SO THESE ARE THE TYPES OF, UH, DYNAMICS THAT WE'VE BEEN PLANNING FOR, NOT ONLY WITH HAVING ENOUGH, UH, SAFETY AND SECURITY THERE, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY WITH HEALTH AND MEDICAL, BUT ALSO PUTTING IN PLACE FENCING OR, UM, BARRIERS THAT ARE APPROPRIATE TO KEEP PEOPLE OUT OF THE STREET SO THAT THEY'RE NOT, UM, IN DANGER, BUT ALSO ABLE TO GATHER SAFELY.
THIS IS THE FAN FESTIVAL THAT I SPOKE ABOUT.
SO FIFA GIVES OVER THE RIGHTS TO THE HOST CITY TO RUN THE FAN FESTIVAL.
YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD THAT ORGANIZATION.
UM, THEY ARE THE EVENT ORGANIZERS FOR THE FAN FEST, AND THEY ARE ADVERTISING 18 DAYS.
UM, THIS IS THE POINT OF THESE FAN FESTIVAL IS TO GATHER ALL THE UNTICKED FANS FOR A HUGE WATCH PARTY.
SO THEY JUST ANNOUNCED ON KC 2026 THE, UM, OPPORTUNITY TO BUY TICKET, OR, WELL, EXCUSE ME, TO GET TICKETS.
YOU JUST HAVE TO REGISTER DIGITALLY.
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THERE'S AN UPGRADE TO YOUR HOSPITALITY TICKETS IF YOU DIDN'T WANNA BUY THE TICKETSUM, AND IT LOOKS PRETTY COOL, THE DRAWINGS, UM, THEY'VE DONE A REALLY, UH, NICE JOB WITH THAT.
SO I'M EXCITED TO SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE WHEN THEY HAVE EVERYTHING BUILT OUT.
THE BUILDING OUT OF THIS LOOKS LIKE, UH, BEGINNING OF MAY ALL THE WAY THROUGH WHERE THEY START PUTTING FENCING UP, THEY, UM, ARE BUILDING THE HUMONGOUS STAGE AND THE ARC, YOU KNOW, IT, IT LOOKS VERY COOL.
UM, SO ALTHOUGH THERE WILL BE A LOT ON THAT PROPERTY THAT YOU WON'T SEE, UM, DISRUPTIONS AROUND THE AREA OTHER THAN, UM, A FEW TEMPORARY ROAD CLOSURES FOR CRANES MM-HMM
BUT, UM, THAT'S A LONG KESSLER SO SHOULDN'T, UM, BE A HUGE DISRUPTION OF TRAFFIC DURING THAT TIME.
THIS IS A, UH, PICTURE EXAMPLE,
UH, THIS WAS NOT IN THE UNITED STATES.
I BELIEVE THIS WAS BRAZIL, IF I HAD TO GUESS.
UM, BUT I MIGHT BE WRONG ON THAT.
UM, BUT YOU SEE THAT THIS WAS FIFA IMPLEMENTED THESE FAN FEST BECAUSE THEY HAD SO MANY PEOPLE COMING TO THE AREA OF THE MATCH THAT KNEW THEY WEREN'T GONNA HAVE A MATCH TICKET AND THEN THEY HAD NOTHING TO DO MM-HMM
UM, THEY JUST WANTED TO BE IN THE AREA OF THEIR TEAM.
AND SO THEY PUT TOGETHER THESE FAN FEST TO REALLY, UH, HAVE A PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO GO TO.
SO IT'S BEEN WILDLY SUCCESSFUL THERE.
THE ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICTS WE'RE PLANNING FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF PUTTING, UM, OFFICERS AT EVERY BUSINESS THAT WANTS US THERE, BUT WHAT WE ARE BEING INTENTIONAL ABOUT IS HAVING PROACTIVE ROAMING OFFICERS WHO ARE ABLE TO RESPOND TO THESE AREAS THAT ARE GOING TO GA GATHER CROWDS.
SO AREAS SUCH AS 18TH AND VINE POWER AND LIGHT PLAZA, UM, CROSSROADS, WESTPORT, I, YOU KNOW, I PROBABLY SHOULDN'T START NAMING 'CAUSE I'LL LEAVE SOMEONE OFF UNINTENTIONALLY, BUT THESE AREAS THAT WE KNOW PEOPLE ARE GOING TO WANT TO ENJOY, WE ARE HAVING OFFICERS AVAILABLE TO RESPOND TO THOSE, TO PROACTIVELY PATROL THOSE AREAS, UM, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, KEEP TRAFFIC MOVING IN THOSE AREAS AS WELL.
SO THE OTHER LARGE AREAS THAT WE KNOW ABOUT ARE, THEY'RE ROYALS.
THEY'RE PLAYING DURING THIS TIME.
UH, WE ARE LUCKY THAT FOR THE FIRST TIME THAT I'VE EVER SEEN IT, THEY PAUSE IN THE MIDDLE OF A HOME STAND TO HAVE THE FIFA MATCH SO THAT THEY'RE NOT OVERLAPPING ON THAT SAME PROPERTY.
BUT THERE'S GOING TO, YOU KNOW, THE, THE CITY KEEPS ON TURNING WHILE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S LOTS OF PEOPLE WHO DON'T CARE ABOUT SOCCER AT ALL.
AND WE ARE HERE TO POLICE AND BE HERE FOR EVERYONE THAT, UM, WHETHER YOU CARE ABOUT SOCCER, WHETHER YOU'RE HERE VISITING, WHETHER YOU'RE A RESIDENT HERE, UM, WE'LL HAVE YOU COVERED THERE.
SO THE CASEY CURRENT PLAYS DURING THIS TIME, THERE'S STARLIGHT MUSICALS, T-MOBILE, AND THEY'RE BUILDING THE RIVERSIDE AMATE.
SO LOTS OF THINGS GOING ON IN OUR CITY, AND WE'VE BEEN VERY INTENTIONAL ABOUT NOT DEPLETING OUR RESOURCES MM-HMM
SO THAT WE, UM, COULD STILL POLICE OUR CITY DURING ALL OF THESE THINGS.
I SPOKE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THESE TRAFFIC ESCORTS.
ONE THING THAT WE HAVE CHANGED, AND WE HAVE TRAINED AROUND THE TRAFFIC ESCORTS IS THAT UNLIKE, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE CROWDS THAT GATHER FOR NFL TEAMS OR OTHER TEAMS THAT WE HAVE IN THE AREA, BUT WE WE'RE ANTICIPATING A LARGER CROWD THAN WHAT WE'RE USED TO.
AND SO WHAT WE HAVE ADDED TO OUR TRAFFIC ESCORTS IS AN ELEMENT OF THAT PUBLIC ORDER, WHICH IS JUST A, A, AN OFFICER THAT HAS BEEN TRAINED A LITTLE BIT MORE ON CROWD CONTROL, HAS A LITTLE BIT MORE RESOURCES WITH EQUIPMENT THAT THEY CAN GO OUT IN FRONT OF TRAFFIC.
SO I DON'T HAVE SOMEONE WHO'S TRYING TO CONTROL TRAFFIC ON A MOTORCYCLE, THEN ALSO BE IN CONTROL OF A CROWD.
I WANT THAT TWO SEPARATE THINGS.
THE BASE CAMPS, WE HAVE FOUR OF 'EM.
SO WE HAVE ONE HERE IN KANSAS CITY.
THEY WILL PLAY AT, UH, THE SWOPE SOCCER VILLAGE OFF OF 63RD STREET.
THE, UM, ANOTHER, UM, TRAINING SITE IS IN RIVERSIDE AT THE KANSAS CITY CURRENT PRACTICE FACILITY IN KANSAS CITY, KANSAS AT THE COMPASS MINERALS, UH, SPORTING KC PRACTICE FAC FACILITY, AND THEN IN LAWRENCE AT THE KU FIELDS.
AND, UM, SO WE HAVE, OUT OF THE FOUR NATIONS COMING, THREE OF THEM ARE TOP 10 TEAMS. SO WE HAVE A LOT COMING TO KANSAS CITY AND, UH, WE'RE GEARING UP TO HANDLE ALL OF, UH, THEIR MOVEMENTS, BUT ALSO THEIR FANS THAT WANT TO SEE THEM.
PART OF, PART OF THAT TRAINING, UM, FACILITY, AND THE REASON WHY WE WOULD BE THERE IS BECAUSE YOU DO HAVE THESE FANS TRYING TO GET IN.
AGAIN, THIS WAS, UM, THESE ARE STATESIDE EXAMPLES, SO NOT EUROPE, LIKE, UM, THE OTHER EXAMPLES THAT WE'VE SHOWN, UH, BUT WE HAVE OFFICERS ARE AROUND THE PERIMETER, UM, HOPEFULLY NOT
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REACTING LIKE THAT TOP OR TOP LEFT HAND CORNER, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, BEING THERE IN PLACE SO THAT THIS DOESN'T EVEN BEGIN.THE HOTELS WE'RE PLANNING ON, UM, THEY HAVE THE FIFA OFFICIAL HOTELS WHERE OFFICIALS AND, UM, TEAM, UM, COACHING STAFF, THAT TYPE OF STUFF ARE PLAYING, OR EXCUSE ME, STAYING, BUT ALSO WHERE THE TEAMS WILL BE STAYING.
WE'RE NOT ANNOUNCING THAT PUBLICLY BECAUSE WE'RE HOPING THAT THAT'S NOT A PLACE TO GO TO.
BUT WE KNOW THAT AS SOON AS YOU WATCH WHERE THAT BUS GOES BACK TO THAT THEY'RE GONNA KNOW.
UH, WE HAVE OFFICERS THERE AROUND THE CLOCK AT THOSE AREAS AND ALSO SOME, UM, HARDENED INFRASTRUCTURE IN AROUND THOSE AREAS SO THAT THEY, WE CAN, UM, YOU KNOW, CUT IT OFF BEFORE IT EVEN STARTS OF ANY CROWDS TRYING TO BREAK INTO THE HOTELS OR JUST TRYING TO GET TO THE TEAMS. WE ARE ALSO BEING MINDFUL OF THE TRAFFIC DISRUPTIONS AND, AND KEEPING THAT TO A, A VERY MINIMUM.
THIS IS FROM KANSAS CITY DURING THE COPA AMERICA TOURNAMENT.
SO, UH, YOU KNOW, WE GOT A TASTE OF THAT THAT'S ALONG MAIN STREET AT THE MARRIOTT.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, SO WE ARE PLANNING FOR BARRICADES AND, UM, OFFICERS IN THESE AREAS SO THAT WE CAN MINIMIZE ANY CROWD DISRUPTIONS, MINIMIZE ANY TRAFFIC, UM, YOU KNOW, ALLOW PEOPLE TO CELEBRATE AND DO THE THINGS THAT THEY WANT SAFELY AND WITHOUT, UM, CAUSING PROBLEMS TO KANSAS CITY.
I THINK THAT MIGHT BE THE LAST ONE.
UM, OVERALL I'LL JUST SAY, UH, FROM THE VERY BEGINNING WE'VE BEEN INTENTIONAL ABOUT KEEPING ENOUGH OFFICERS, UM, FOR KANSAS CITY AND FOR THE NON MATCH OR NON-EVENT.
AND WE ARE ALSO BRINGING IN, UM, WHAT WE REFER TO AS MUTUAL LANE.
SO WE'VE ASKED EVERY AGENCY IN THE STATE OF MISSOURI AS WELL AS AGENCIES IN THE SURROUNDING STATES TO COME HELP US.
UH, THEY'RE EXCITED TO BE INVOLVED AND A PART OF, UH, YOU KNOW, ONCE IN A CAREER, UM, MOMENT TO HELP US HERE AT THE STADIUM AND AT FAN FEST.
SO WE HAVE THOSE NAMES COMING IN DAILY THAT WILL BE RIGHT ALONGSIDE KANSAS CITY.
OUR LOCAL REGIONAL PARTNERS, WE'VE TRIED TO LEAVE ALONE JUST BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THERE IS, UH, YOU KNOW, THE VISITORS AREN'T JUST IN KANSAS CITY PROPER, THEY'RE EVERYWHERE IN OUR REGION.
SO THEY'RE GONNA HAVE WATCH PARTIES OF THEIR OWN, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE INCREASED VISITORS.
SO WE'VE REALLY HAD TO TAKE A DIFFERENT APPROACH ON WHO'S COMING TO HELP US, UM, AT THE EVENTS.
AND THAT'S WHY WE'VE REACHED OUT SO FAR AND WIDE ON THAT.
UM, SPOKEN EARLIER ABOUT WAS THE HIGHWAY PATROL.
SO THE MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL HAS COMMITTED A HUNDRED TROOPERS TO US EVERY DAY OF THE TOURNAMENT, WHICH IS A HUGE COMMITMENT, UM, AND VERY MUCH NEEDED.
WE NEED THEM AND THEIR RESOURCES AND SO THAT'S BEEN, THEY'VE BEEN A GREAT PARTNER ALL, YOU KNOW, FROM THE VERY BEGINNING.
I FEEL LIKE THERE WAS ANOTHER QUESTION I WAS GONNA ANSWER, BUT I DON'T WANNA KEEP GOING.
I'D RATHER ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE SPECIFICALLY.
UM, I, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS UNDER KCPD OR, BUT I KNOW THE CITY'S BUILDING A TEMPORARY DETENTION CENTER, UM, UH, CAPACITY WISE, UM, FELT KINDA LIGHT FOR AN EVENT THIS BIG, UM, DO, DO YOU KNOW STATUS ON THAT? IS IT ON TRACK AND, AND ARE THERE I'LL I'LL ASK KIND OF BACKUP PLANS IF WE NEED MORE THAN, I CAN'T REMEMBER IF IT'S A HUNDRED OR 200 BEDS THAT WERE PLANNED.
UM, SO I KNOW, YOU KNOW, THE, IF THE EVENT GOT US TO MOVE FASTER, THEN I'M HAPPY FOR THAT.
BUT THIS WAS NEVER BUILT FOR THE EVENT.
THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE NEEDED, UM, FOR A LONG TIME.
OUR OFFICERS HAVE BEEN, UM, VERY VOCAL ABOUT THAT.
THERE IS A SEPARATION BETWEEN WHAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT DOES.
WE, YOU KNOW, WE PROCESS THE ARREST AND THEN THAT ARREST IS TURNED OVER IF IT'S MUNICIPAL TO KANSAS CITY'S COURT SYSTEM.
AND SO IT IS UNDER THEIR PURVIEW, THE BUILDING, UM, OF THIS, UH, DETENTION FACILITY.
AND THE LAST I'VE HEARD THAT IT IS ON TRACK.
I KNOW AT ONE TIME THERE WAS, UM, SOME SUPPLY ISSUES, BUT THAT'S ALL BEEN RECTIFIED AND IT'S BACK ON TRACK.
JUST, UM, OPEN OUR PLAN, UM, WILL NOT BE MASS ARREST THAT IS NOT, UM, OUR PLAN ON ANY GIVEN DAY FOR THE THINGS THAT WE HANDLE IN OUR CITY AND FOR THE EVENTS THAT WE ALREADY DO IN OUR CITY.
UM, WE WILL, YOU KNOW, USE EVERY METHOD POSSIBLE TO KEEP THAT FROM HAPPENING.
BUT IF SOMEONE AT THE END OF THE DAY REALLY WANTS TO GO TO JAIL, WE CAN MAKE THAT HAPPEN AS WELL.
WELL, SO, UM, WE, ON EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE PLANNED ON OUR SIDE THAT THE KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS UNDER ITS CONTROL, WE ARE PLUSING UP OUR STAFFING AND OUR DETENTION OFFICERS.
WE ARE OPENING EVERY FACILITY THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO US.
BUT AGAIN, I WILL TELL YOU THAT IS JUST FOR THE PROCESSING.
AND THEN THEY WILL, THEY WILL NEED TO GO SOMEWHERE, UM, IF THEY DON'T BOND OUT OR IF THEY'RE HELD BY THE COURT SYSTEM.
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RELYING ON OUR PARTNERS WITH THE CITY TO HELP US WITH THE, UM, AVAILABLE SPACE.SO, UM, YOU KNOW, UNTIL I AM TOLD OTHERWISE, WE'RE ON TRACK FOR THAT AND, AND I HOPE IT DOES STAY ON TRACK.
ANY MORE QUESTIONS? MAJOR MARTINEZ.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
AND UM, ALSO THANK YOU CHIEF GRAVES BECAUSE, UH, THAT'S TRULY AN INDICATION OF HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS FOR OUR CITY.
THE, UM, OUR HOMELESS POPULATION, NOW WE KNOW WHEN IT COMES TO TRANSPORTATION, BEGINNING JUNE ONE, OUR BUSES WILL BE CHARGING.
SO THAT MAY DECREASE SOME OF THE HOMELESS PEOPLE THAT HAVE ACCESS TO TRANSPORTATION.
BUT I ASKED THIS QUESTION NOT BECAUSE I THINK YOU HAVE THE CURE FOR IT, BUT BECAUSE I KNOW HOW INVOLVED YOUR CIDS ARE AND HOW ENGAGED THEY ARE WITH THE HOMELESS COMMUNITIES, IT IS A CONCERN OF MANY OF THE ADVOCATES OF HOMELESS, UM, THAT WORK WITH HOMELESS AND HOUSELESS INDIVIDUALS AS TO WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN.
WILL THEY, WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THEM? ARE THEY GONNA BE PUSHED OUT OR, UM, WE, IT'S, IT'S JUST A QUESTION AND I DIDN'T HEAR THAT ADDRESSED IN ANYTHING, SO I'M ASKING ABOUT IT.
YES, THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.
SO WE AS A POLICE DEPARTMENT, DO NOT HAVE ANY PLANS TO, UM, MAKE ANY, UM, DIFFERENT PLANS AROUND THE HOUSELESS POPULATION.
UH, WE WORK WITH OUR CITY PARTNERS TODAY.
WE, IN FACT, I JUST HAD A CONVERSATION THIS MORNING ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, SOME PLAN, SOME PLANS FOR OUTREACH AND SUPPORT SERVICES.
BUT ON THE, YOU KNOW, POLICE DEPARTMENT SIDE, WE DO NOT HAVE ANY PLANS TO TREAT OR PROCESS ANYTHING DIFFERENTLY.
UM, AND ONE OF YOUR PILLARS, THE HEALTH AND MEDICAL PILLAR, UM, THE JACKSON COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH, OUR PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT OF INDEPENDENCE, OUR KANSAS CITY PUBLIC HEALTH, WE KNOW THAT THEY ARE VERY CONCERNED AND THAT THEY HAVE PLANS TO HELP THEM TO DETECT ANY TYPE OF ILLNESSES THAT MAY BE PERMEATING THROUGH, UH, WITH SUCH LARGE CROWDS.
AND WE KNOW THERE'S A NEW STRAIN OF COVID THAT'S OUT.
UM, AND I WANNA MENTION THAT JUST SO THAT IT'S ON THE RECORD, SO THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT MEDICAL AND WE ARE TALKING ABOUT HEALTH, NOT ONLY THOSE EMERGENCY SERVICES, BUT I WANTED TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO OUR PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENTS FOR BEING PROACTIVE AND THE STEPS THAT THEY ARE TAKING IN ADVANCE TO WORK WITH, UH, YOU ALL ON THAT PILLAR? IT'S VERY TRUE.
UM, SO THEY HAVE, UH, YOU PROBABLY, DON'T YOU, THIS PROBABLY WASN'T A QUESTION, BUT I JUST WANNA ALSO SAY THAT THEY'VE BEEN GREAT PLANNING PARTNERS.
I KNOW THEY HAVE A LOT OF MONITORING MM-HMM
UM, SYSTEMS THAT THEY'RE CAPABLE OF.
UM, ALSO THE, UM, ONE THING, ONE REASON, EXCUSE ME, ONE WAY I'VE BEEN ABLE TO PARTNER, PARTNER WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS JUST FOR THE, UH, PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS.
AND SO THAT'S BEEN A HUGE, UM, HELP ON MY SIDE, YOU KNOW, ME TRYING TO BRAINSTORM OR HOW DO WE GET THIS INFORMATION TO PEOPLE AND I JUST NEEDED TO ASK THEM.
THEY HAD ALL THE ANSWERS AND SO, UM, THEY'VE BEEN GREAT PARTNERS.
AND I'M SURE THAT MARK AS WELL HAS BEEN A GREAT PARTNER, UH, WITH HELPING TO GET THE WORD OUT.
THAT'S REALLY ALL THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE.
THIS I KNOW FOR A FACT AND LAEL YES MA'AM.
WILL THEY BE THERE DURING THE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS AROUND LOT L LOT L IS WHERE THE, UH, KC 2026 BUS TRANSPORTATION MALL WILL BE.
UM, AND SO I, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THAT OPERATION HAPPENS ON THE PAVED SURFACE THAT'S IN LOT L AND WE WILL HAVE OFFICERS OUT THERE, THEY'LL HAVE VOLUNTEERS.
UM, NONE OF THE PLANNING, UM, THINGS THAT I HAVE HEARD AROUND LOT L HAVE INDICATED ANYTHING DIFFERENTLY THAN THE PAVED AREA OF LOT L SO, 'CAUSE THEY'RE ALONG THE TRAIL YES.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE'LL WORK TOGETHER WITH BOTH JACKSON COUNTY AND RAYTOWN THAT BORDERS THAT AREA.
BUT I HAVE NOT HEARD OF ANY PLANS.
BUT YOU ARE AWARE, AND THAT'S WHAT I NEED TO KNOW, THAT YOU ARE AWARE OF THE HOMELESSNESS IN LADALE.
ANY MORE QUESTIONS? WELL, I THANK YOU BOTH YES.
FOR COMING OUT AND PRESENTING TO, AND MY BIGGEST SUPPORTER, CHIEF GRAVES, I SEE HER
THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING OUT TO, UM, ADDRESS OUR CONCERNS WITH HEALTH AND SAFETY AND PROTECTION.