KCMO Mayor Pens Thoughts on the need to enforce traffic crimes

Kansas City, Mo -Kansas City, Missouri, Mayor Quinton Lucas wrote a long social media post on Monday to enforce traffic crimes through the city.

Over night to Saturday, May 16 to 17, the KCMO police arrested 19 suspects, dragged 36 vehicles and spent 76 quotations.

The police said the quotes were “activities related to Stunts, coincidence, etc.”. Five firearms were also recovered from the scene.

“We will not tolerate those who violate the law and try to kidnap our streets,” KCPD published on X.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol, the Sheriff's office of Jackson County, the office of Clay County and Kansas City, Kansas, the police authority helped the efforts.

Kansa's City has been plagued by dangerous street activities for years, with the city leaders recently promised to act against perpetrators.

In Lucas' Social -Media post, he said that after weekends of the arrests, he was often asked why the city continues to enforce traffic crimes, why the police do not focus on “more serious behavior” and why there are no alternatives to offenders.

Lucas has addressed every article.

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First, he said that the enforcement was necessary because all Kansa's Citeans are “right to a peaceful quality of life”.

“The people in our state and our city have found that those who threaten the security of other drivers, pedestrians and themselves are enforced,” wrote Lucas. “We will continue this intervention to save lives and bring peace to the communities.”

Second, he said that the failure to enforce such crimes and “to have a kind of activity” would only “maintain further misconduct, the disregard of the law and the consequence -free environment in which too many of our shooters live”.

Lucas noticed that in the past shootings were shot in illegal subordinate clauses, and the police have the “duty to enforce the law”.

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“Straßenfachsters disturb the neighborhoods and shops, cause people in fear, cause illegal noise problems and have led to deaths,” said Lucas. “This activity is a real problem for our and many other city.”

Third, the mayor defended the “many alternatives” that the city offers, e.g. B. the mayor's nights. He also pointed to areas in the region outside the city center, in which Adrenalin -Junkies ATV, Dirt Bike and more can be able to promote ATV and more.

Lucas said he believes that many who have contributed to the topics do not really want to run. Instead, he said their actions were a reaction to the “wish to be seen in crowded areas for likes, crowds and thrills in crowded areas, including the fear of innocent viewers and the challenging police”.

“People act up there to be seen, to have an impact and to threaten others,” wrote Lucas. “This behavior cannot be tolerated in our city, in particular with the high potential for serious injuries and death by non -licensed racing and stunt auto activities.”

Last week, Ryan Gamboa from KSHB 41 spoke to the residents of the intersection after KCPD launched his entertainment district early.

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While he was talking to Gamboa, David Johnson, who has been living in the area for 20 years, was interrupted by motorcyclists who were shooting their engines. The motorcyclists then drove a red light.

“That's why I move,” he said.

Johnson is everything for enforcement.

“We really have to do something about it,” he said. “It is not in other parts of the U -Bahn. That is why we (Johnson's family) are in another part of the U -Bahn, in which there is a kind of meaning for reason and law.”

When the mayor ended his thoughts, he said that he was “all ears” for further discussions in which “how to promote lawful and safe behavior in our city”.

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