Kansas City Police Department

Kansas City Police Department (Missouri)
Patch of the Kansas City Police Department
Patch of the Kansas City Police Department
Flag of Kansas City, Missouri
Flag of Kansas City, Missouri
Common nameKansas City Police Department
AbbreviationKCPD
MottoTo Serve and Protect
Agency overview
FormedApril 15, 1874; 150 years ago (1874-04-15)
Preceding agency
  • Kansas City Police Department
Employees2,020 (2021)
Annual budget$249 million (2021)[1]
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdictionKansas City, Missouri, Missouri, US
Map of Kansas City Police Department (Missouri)'s jurisdiction
Legal jurisdictionCity of Kansas City, Missouri
Governing bodyGovernor of Missouri
General nature
Operational structure
Headquarters1125 Locust Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64106
Police Officers1,098 (2023)
Corrections personnel and Civilian members500 Corrections (2023)
Police Commissioners responsible
Agency executives
  • Colonel Stacey Graves, Chief of Police
  • Deputy Chief Karen True, Executive Services Bureau
  • Deputy Chief Shawn Wadle, Administration Bureau
  • Deputy Chief Karl Oakman, Patrol Bureau
  • Deputy Chief Robert Kuehl, Professional Development and Research Bureau
  • Deputy Chief Mark Francisco, Investigations Bureau
Stations
6
  • Central Patrol Division
  • East Patrol Division
  • Metro Patrol Division
  • North Patrol Division
  • Shoal Creek Patrol Division
  • South Patrol Division
Facilities
Detention Centers1
Website
Kansas City Police Department official website

The Kansas City Police Department (KCPD) is the principal law enforcement agency serving Kansas City, Missouri. Jackson County 16th Circuit Court Circuit Court Judge Jen Phillips swore in Stacey Graves as the 46th chief of police of the KCPD on December 15, 2022.[2] Graves, who served as head of the KCPD's Deputy Chief of the Patrol Bureau,[3] became the city's 46th police chief on December 15, 2022.[4]

  1. ^ Sullivan, Carl; Baranauckas, Carla (June 26, 2020). "Here's how much money goes to police departments in largest cities across the U.S." USA Today. Archived from the original on July 14, 2020.
  2. ^ "KCMO.gov". Kcmo.org. Retrieved 2016-07-20.
  3. ^ "KC's new police chief is Deputy Chief Stacy Graves". July 28, 2017.
  4. ^ "Vowing to work to reduce crime, Stacy Graves is sworn in as Kansas City's police chief". kansascity.