Public safety

Johnson County has approved an agreement allowing license plate readers to be installed at intersections throughout the county. Driving the news: The Johnson County Board of County Commissioners on Thursday approved a $595,000 agreement with Merriam-based Electronic Technology Inc. for...

Amid what Sheriff Calvin Hayden has called "emergency" staffing levels, the Johnson County Board of County Commissioners on Thursday voted to recommend a proposal to raise both the starting and maximum salaries for Johnson County Sheriff’s Office deputies. Under...

After investigating for more than a month, Kansas health and environmental officials have begun to narrow down the source of a fuel smell reported several weeks ago in Shawnee in the area near Shawnee Mission Parkway and Pflumm Road. Driving...

Location, cost and efficiencies within the Lenexa Police Department drove discussions this week, as city leaders consider whether to build a new public safety complex on the current site at 12500 W. 87th St. Parkway or relocate the facility...

In a country where thousands of people die each year from gun violence, Shawnee police officers this week offered free training for residents and business professionals to learn how to protect themselves and others in potentially deadly situations. The Shawnee...

Among the booths open at the safety fair held at the Merriam public works facility Wednesday was an orange covered table where two volunteers stood at the ready to hand out a simple device that can help prevent tragedy. Started...

School is back in session, and the end-of-summer weather makes for optimal conditions for students and parents walking to and from school. In some residential parts of northeast Johnson County, like in Mission Hills, old Leawood and Prairie Village, pedestrians...

Dylan Ruffin, the man charged with multiple crimes related to the shooting incidents near Highlands Elementary earlier this month, remains in custody in the Johnson County Adult Detention Center. But if he posts $500,000 bond, he will be prohibited from...

The lecture hall at Johnson County Community College was silent as the surveillance video began to play, but there were audible gasps as attendees watched Kelsey Smith being kidnapped in broad daylight nearly 12 years ago in a Target parking...

The police departments in Overland Park, Shawnee, Lenexa and Olathe are all plugging into their local neighborhoods to facilitate real-time communication on public safety alerts and crime reporting. Those police departments — the first four in the state of Kansas...

Lenexa will undertake an extensive review and planning process for the former city hall facility on 87th Street as leaders look to ensure the city has the space to house its public safety needs — from the police department...

One night earlier this week, Mission police received a call about suspicious activity near the Martway Hy-Vee. When an officer arrived on the scene, the vehicle in question fled, speeding toward Metcalf. As the car attempted to merge onto...