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Tweet Heads up, NEJC motorists: Prairie Village’s participation in Kansas’s annual “Click It or Ticket” campaign starts Monday and will run through June 2. During Click It or Ticket, police officers will be “aggressively enforcing Kansas occupant restraint” laws — translation: buckle up. From the Prairie Village police: Drivers can expect strict enforcement of both the [...]
Tweet A number of Prairie Village and north Leawood residents near the Kansas City, Mo., border Thursday night were awakened by a police search for two suspects in a robbery that took place at 76th and Wornall. Prairie Village Police Capt. Wes Lovett said his department, as well as officers from Leawood and Kansas City, [...]
Tweet Both Prairie Village and Fairway on Saturday will host drug take back events that are part of a Drug Enforcement Administration initiative to get unused prescriptions off the streets. In Prairie Village, officers will have a drop-off location set up in the front circle outside the Police Department (7700 Mission Road) from 10 a.m. [...]
Tweet A search for a mentally unstable 18 year old brought a substantial police presence to the neighborhood around 71st Street and Fonticello Tuesday evening. Capt. Tim Schwartzkopf of the Prairie Village police department said between five and seven units ultimately responded to the incident, in which a young man dealing with psychological issues left [...]
Tweet Prairie Village police have deployed a new weapon in their fight against burglary and theft. The “Directed Patrol Unit” police car the department put into use three weeks ago is equipped with cameras that constantly scan the area around the car for license plates. The cameras feed those license plate numbers into a system [...]
Tweet Remember that DUI checkpoint that we warned you about in Mission last Friday? Apparently, some non-readers didn’t get the message. Police arrested 12 people at the checkpoint early Saturday morning. The arrests included six for Driving Under the Influence, two for Driving While Impaired and six for drug-related offenses. The officers checked 335 cars [...]
Tweet If you plan to drink, plan not to drive: Always good advice. But Friday night Mission police, along with several other law enforcement agencies, will be running a DUI checkpoint. Officers will be watching for impaired and dangerous drivers Friday night and early Saturday morning. Drivers will be screened for impairment and those who [...]
Tweet Prairie Village’s police department will again be participating in a statewide crackdown on seatbelt laws starting Monday. Buckle it up, Villagers: From March 11 through March 15, the Prairie Village Police Department will join other Kansas Law Enforcement agencies to stop what has been an epidemic for the past several years. In 2012, 43 [...]
Tweet Prairie Village police have begun meeting with Shawnee Mission School District officials as part of a comprehensive school safety review in the wake of the Newtown, Conn., shootings in December. Police Chief Wes Jordan says he, along with two captains and two sergeants, are involved with the In Defense of Our Schools task force [...]
Tweet It’s natural to feel a bit of trepidation when your work is about to be put under a microscope and broadcast for the entire country to see. But Prairie Village Police Chief Wes Jordan said he couldn’t have been more pleased with the way his officers were portrayed in Saturday’s 48 Hours broadcast covering [...]
Tweet This weekend, people across the country will hear the story of a courageous Prairie Village woman’s fight for survival in the face of a brutal assault, and the expert investigative work by local law enforcement that brought her attacker to justice. After months of production, CBS News’ 48 Hours will air “The Stranger You [...]
Tweet Prairie Village police on Monday arrested a 35-year-old Overland Park man after two citizens called to report suspicious activity in the vicinity of 75th Street and Nall Avenue. The first call came in just before 3:15 p.m., when a citizen reported seeing a man peering into the windows of a house and then darting [...]
Tweet Between the renewed debate over federal gun control and Prairie Village’s decision to defend its ban of openly carried firearms, PV city hall has been fielding a bevy of questions about what, exactly, is legal and illegal when it comes to firearms in the city. On Monday, Prairie Village police tried to answer them. [...]
Tweet An attempted burglary in the 2500 block of 77th Street in Prairie Village Thursday night was thwarted by the homeowner’s dog, which chased the culprit back onto the street. Prairie Village police say the resident was in the home when the burglar made entry through a back door. The homeowner’s dog then began to [...]
Tweet Furry friends who find themselves lost in Prairie Village may soon have a temporary – and in some cases permanent — place to call home. Prairie Village Police are exploring whether to switch to a new facility to provide boarding service for animals picked up by Prairie Village Animal Control. At present, such animals go to [...]
Tweet The Prairie Village Police Department and the Prairie Village Municipal Foundation on Tuesday helped make sure a group of less-fortunate youth — as well as their families — will have a happy Christmas. For the second year in a row, the police department hosted its “Shop with a Cop” event. Police accompanied 13 local [...]
Tweet Kansas City, Mo., police have issued another alert on Robert Farris, a 51-year-old man last seen in Prairie Village: Police still have been unable to locate Robert M. Farris. He was reported missing in September. He was last seen about 3 p.m. Sept. 5 in Prairie Village, Kan., and last heard from Sept. [...]
Tweet Kansas City, Mo., police have put out a missing persons bulletin for Robert Farris, a 51-year-old man last seen in Prairie Village Wednesday, Sept. 5. Info put out by the police is below: Robert Farris was last seen about 3 p.m. Sept. 5 in Prairie Village, Kan. He lives near 49th and Bell in [...]
Tweet It’s time to clear out the medicine cabinet. Fairway police will sponsor a ‘Prescription Drug Take Back Day’ Saturday at the Fairway Hen House just off Shawnee Mission Parkway near Belinder. You can drop off any unwanted and unused prescription drugs inside the store next to the pharmacy. A uniformed Fairway officer will secure [...]
Tweet After further investigation into the incident near Corinth Elementary School Wednesday, local police have determined that the initial “person of interest” they contacted was not the man who asked three local boys if they wanted a ride in his maroon Corvette. “After looking into the incident and talking with the man we IDed as [...]
Tweet After a suspicious incident last week, members of the Corinth Elementary community are spending a little extra time this week emphasizing the “don’t talk to strangers” message to students. Prairie Village Police Captain Wes Lovett confirmed that the Leawood Police Department had completed an information report on a white male who was driving a [...]
Tweet Lock those cars at night, Villagers. At least seven Prairie Village residents who live in the vicinity of Canterbury and Windsor Streets had their cars burglarized between Sunday night and Monday morning. Capt. Wes Lovett of the Prairie Village Police Department said all of the cars hit by the burglars were unlocked. The burglars [...]
Tweet The Prairie Village Police Department sent out the following press release yesterday alerting residents that its officers are participating in a statewide program to catch drunken drivers: If you or someone you know sometimes drives after drinking alcohol or consuming other drugs, be warned that during the period, August 16 through Labor Day, September [...]
Tweet Lock those cars at night, Villagers. Prairie Village police report that a burglar or burglars hit a string of unlocked vehicles in the neighborhood a quarter mile west of SM East between Sunday night and Monday morning, culminating with the theft of a 2004 Chevy Silverado pickup. Police investigators took half a dozen reports [...]
Tweet Prairie Village police are in the process of training the first recruits in a new program they hope will allow sworn officers to stay on patrol and focused on crime prevention. Police Chief Wes Jordan told the Prairie Village City Council earlier this week that the department was moving forward with the Volunteers in [...]
