Chief Oakman News Today

The trend comes nearly two years after Kansas City Kansas Police implemented a violent crime reduction plan. The goals are to reduce violent crime and the perception of violent crime in the City, and

With a little over two months left in 2023, there have been 19 homicides in Kansas City, Kansas.

A former trucker was recently arrested for the 1996 and 1998 murders of two Kansas City, Kansas, women, and investigators are looking into whether he's linked to other cold cases.

Faced with a list of candidates for a position in the KCPD's K9 unit, Oakman and the command staff chose Officer James Muhlbauer.

Mayor Tyrone Garner removed Rick Behrens, a longtime social justice advocate who spoke out against the actions of former police detective Roger Golubski, from the Law Enforcement Advisory Board. Garner appointed Behrens just a year ago.

“We’ve got to build a trust between our communities because we need each other,”

On Christmas Eve last year, 85-year-old Patricia Panijan was watching TV with her husband when she was shot and killed.

Back-to-back indictments of a former Kansas City, Kansas cop and a review of court records begs the question: What did the department know?

Kansas City, Kansas, Police Chief Karl Oakman insisted Monday that his department can handle a review of more than 150 cases handled by former detective Roger Golubski. Critics say the department's involvement won't lead to an independent review.

The former officer, Roger Golubski, 69, was indicted on charges that he sexually assaulted two women while on duty from 1998 to 2002, the Justice Department said.