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Title: Modern Communication
Description: The controversial bronze statue, Modern Communication, was created by Terry Allen and unveiled on September 8, 1995, in the courtyard in front of the police communications headquarters building and the Municipal Court on Locust between 12th and 11th streets. "This bronze statue depicts a businessman standing atop his briefcase with his eyes covered by his tie, his fingers in his ears, and a shoe in his mouth" (from "American Institute of Architects Guide to Kansas City Architecture and Public Art," 2000).
Object Type: Vertical File

Title: City Finally Finds Home for Statue
Description: The controversial statue, Modern Communication by Terry Allen in front of the police communications headquarters, will be moved around the corner to make room for the police headquarters expansion. The move has the approval of the artist.
Date: 2012-01-09
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Police Department Headquarters Building
Description: Full frontal and partial side view of the Police Department Headquarters building; located on the northeast corner of 12th and Locust.
Date: 1955
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Policemen outside Headquarters
Description: Officers and horses posed outside headquarters; located on southeast corner of 4th and Main.
Date: 1888
Object Type: Photograph

Title: City Hall
Description: Postcard of Kansas City's first City Hall (later police headquarters), once located at 4th and Main streets.
Object Type: Postcard

Title: Police Headquarters
Description: Partial frontal and side view of headquarters taken from steps of Jackson County Courthouse; located at 1125 Locust. Also shows statue of Andrew Jackson and Junior College of Kansas City.
Date: 1945
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Police Headquarters (4th and Main)
Description: Officers and horses posed before headquarters; located on southeast corner of 4th and Main.
Date: 1895
Object Type: Photograph

Title: City Hall
Description: Full frontal and side view, looking east. Also shows Police Department building, Jackson County Courthouse, and Kansas City Junior College.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: City Hall
Description: Full frontal and side view, looking east. Also shows Police Department building and Jackson County Courthouse.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Painting of Policemen
Description: Text on back of photograph states the following: Mural painted by Charles "Pat" Murray, depicting police department employees and civic buildings. Originally located in police department headquarters. Moved in 1968? when walls were removed to make room for computers. Mr. Flavin far right Bill Meyer lab bald headed Herman Davis with microscope hav neg. (The library does not have the negative.)
Object Type: Photograph

Title: City Hall
Description: Full frontal and side view, looking east. Also shows Police Department building.
Date: 1950
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Police Department Headquarters Building
Description: Full frontal and side view of the Police Department Headquarters building; located on the northeast corner of 12th and Locust.
Date: 1955~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Blight Flight
Description: Article describes the reactions of Kansas City residents and business owners to the decision to build the Kansas City Police Department's new East Patrol headquarters and crime lab in a four block area near 27th Street and Prospect Avenue. Kansas City's history of racially segregated housing patterns is outlined. Neighborhood leader, Ameena Powell, is interviewed and discusses why she disagrees with the city's use of eminent domain to remove residents and businesses from the area.
Date: 2012-08-16
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Treating Inmates In-House
Description: Article on the success of the new nurse program at Police Headquarters. Initiated by Chief Darryl Forte and Mike Schumacher, the program provides for nurses to staff Police Headquarters and treat inmates complaining of medical issues. The on-site nurse evaluations have cut down on the number of ambulances called to Police Headquarters and the number of escape attempts by inmates from ambulances, and have caught serious medical issues as well.
Date: 2013-06-24
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Police Department Chronological History
Description: Listing of the new police headquarters at 1125 Locust in a chronological history of the police department.
Date: 1968
Object Type: Book Section

Title: Kansas City Chronology: 1800-1963
Description: Listing for 1938 of the construction of the new police headquarters building at 1125 Locust Street.
Date: 1963
Object Type: Book

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