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Title
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Kansas City Police Department
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Description
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File contains one newspaper from the 1950s and several from the 1960s about various issues relating to the local police and civil rights. These range from police brutality to civil disobedience, racial views, and use of police dogs. There are several photographs included among the article photocopies. The newspapers include the Kansas City Call, The Kansas City Star, Kansas City Kansan, and The Kansas City Times.
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Object Type
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Vertical File
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Title
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Police Headquarters Building
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Description
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Street level view looking toward the northeast of the Kansas City Police Department Headquarters and the Municipal Courts building located at 1125 Locust Street in downtown Kansas City, Missouri. No print image, negative and digital only.
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Object Type
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Negative
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Title
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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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Title
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Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 3, 1909-1957, Page p333
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Description
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A portion of Kansas City from E. 19th Street south to E. 21st Street and from The Paseo east to Woodland Avenue, showing buildings, streets, and additions. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area.
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Date
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1909/1957
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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SC164 KCPL Reference Hard to Find Collection Finding Aid
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Description
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The materials within the KCPL Reference Hard to Find (HTF) Collection were compiled by Kansas City Public Library reference librarians and staff members to provide an easy to access source of information concerning topics of local and regional interest. The collection primarily consists of newspaper and magazine clippings, pamphlets, brochures, other forms of printed material, and typed notecards.
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Date
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1980/2005
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
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Title
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Artwork Commissioned for Metro Patrol Station
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Description
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A design by Michael Davis was chosen over 90 other applicants for permanent display at the new Metro Patrol police station scheduled to open in 2009. The 25-foot weather vane, titled "Salute," will "feature a two-dimensional copper police officer designed to move when the wind blows, as if the officer is saluting the surrounding community." The new station will be located at 77th and Prospect in Kansas City. Includes image.
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Date
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2008-06-12
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Blight Flight
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Description
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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.
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Date
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2012-08-16
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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KC South Patrol Getting New Station
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Description
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The police department will have a new south patrol station just south of Bannister Road between Interstate-435 and US 71. It will house the traffic division and perhaps a canine unit. "The city paid $2.26 million for the property." The current station, built in 1976, is located at 11109 Hickman Mills Drive.
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Date
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2009-04-22
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
