KCMO mayor hosts town hall on crime prevention

Kansas City, Missouri, Mayor Quinton Lucas held a town hall for his Reform Project Monday evening.

It focused on crime prevention

HAPPENING NOW --A TOWN HALL MEETINGFOCUSING ON VIOLENTCRIME IN K-C-MO.IT'S PART OF THE CITY'SNEWEST EFFORT TO CURBCRIME IN WHAT COULDBE THE DEADLIEST YEARIN K-C-MO.THAT MEETING KICKEDOFF HALF-AN-HOUR AGO...41 ACTION NEWSREPORTER EMMA JAMES INTHERE.TONIGHT'S TOWN HALL ISFOCUSED ON PREVENTION- ONE OF THE FOURPILLARS OF THE REFORMPROJECT.MAYOR LUCAS STARTEDBY SAYING IT'S NOTENOUGH JUST TO LOOK TOPOLICING ORPROSECUTION FOR ASOLUTION - WE NEED TOLOOK AT HOW ALLASPECTS OF THEGOVERNMENT AREWORKING TO PREVENTVIOLENT CRIME.DR. MARVIA JONES - KCHEALTH DEPARTMENTVIOLENCE PREVENTIONAND POLICY MANAGER ISSPEAKING TONIGHT ALONGWITH LUCAS.JONES WILL FOCUS ONPROVIDING OPPORTUNITYAND DETERRINGBEHAVIORS TO PREVENTVIOLENT CRIME.MAYOR LUCAS SPOKEWITH REPORTERS BEFORETHE TOWN HALL SAYING -TODAY IS ABOUTLISTENING TO THECOMMUNITY AND TRYINGSOME NEW TACTICS.MAYOR QUINTON LUCASKANSAS CITY, MO"...need to do"AT THE BEGINNING OF THEMONTH MAYOR LUCASTOURED THE LYKINSNEIGHBORHOOD INNORTHEAST K-C WHERETHE NEIGHBORHOODASSOCIATION SHOWED HIMTHE PROGRESS THEY'VEMADE IN TRANSFORMINGTHE NEIGHBORHOOD BYRENNOVATING VACANTHOMES.LUCAS SAYS COMMUNITYINPUT LIKE THIS ISCRUCIAL FOR THISPROJECT.EMMA JAMES, 41 ACTIONNEWS.AND TODAY'S MEETINGWAS ONE OF FIVE AS PARTOF THE REFORM PROJECT.THERE'S STILL TWO TOGO.THE NEXT ONE COVERINGLAW ENFORCEMENT IN THECOMMUNITY IS SATURDAYAT 11 A-M.THE FINAL ONEADRESSING REFORM WILLBE ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER20 AT 5-30 P-M.THE MAYOR HASN'TRELEASED THE LOCATIONS