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Title
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Joseph (Joe) D. McNamara Obituaries
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Description
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Copies of obituaries for former Kansas City Police Department Chief Joseph D. McNamara (1973-1976). It is reported that McNamara passed away in his sleep at about 4:00 a.m. on Friday, September 19, 2014, at his home in California after battling cancer.
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Date
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2014-09-19
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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East Patrol Campus Officially Named for Leon Jordan
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Description
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Article announces that the Kansas City City Council has voted 12-0 to name the new East Patrol campus in honor the memory of civil rights leader Leon M. Jordan. The author states that Kansas City Police facilities are usually named for their geographic location, but that Councilman Jermaine Reed recommended a compromise in which the entire campus would be named after Jordan but the station itself still being known as East Patrol.
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Date
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2014-12-19
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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KC Police Department Pioneer Closes Her Last Case
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Description
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Profile on Janna Eikel, a detective who served in the Kansas City Police Department from 1984 until her retirement in 2013. Eikel worked in the vice unit and as a detective in forgery and robbery before moving to the sex crimes unit, where she "crafted herself a role as the department's first cold case investigator," taking advantage of recent developments in DNA technology. Her success in the position led to the creation of a department cold case squad as well as the establishment of the Jackson County Prosecutor's office cold case unit.
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2013-06-03
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
