Director James to Keynote Program
Honoring Kansas City Law Enforcement
KANSAS CITY, October 19, 2005-Director Mark James will
speak at the Kansas City Metropolitan Crime Commission Luncheon tomorrow
Oct. 20.
The program is the 56th annual Crime Commission Luncheon
and this year the Director of Public Safety will have the opportunity
to recognize highly deserved law enforcement officers with the Clarence
M. Kelley Award.
After many years of organized crime, political corruption
and lawlessness, in 1949 a Jackson County Grand Jury called for the
legitimate business community to initiate a crime commission, patterned
after the one in Chicago, IL, to investigate corruption and police
department in Kansas City. The Kansas City Crime Commission (now the
Kansas City Metropolitan Crime Commission) was born. Business and
community leaders from across the city came forward to join this organization.
Under the operational umbrella of the Crime Commission,
are three programs that are vital components for a safer community,
the Greater Kansas City Crime Stoppers and the TIPS Hotline (816-474-TIPS),
Metropolitan Community Service Program and Ceasefire.
WHO: Mark James, Director of the Department of Public Safety
WHAT: Kansas City Metropolitan Crime Commission Program
WHEN: Thursday, Oct. 20 at 12:00 p.m
WHERE: Kansas City Downtown Marriott-Count Basie Ballroom
200 West 12th Street, Kansas City