POWERING A SAFER COMMUNITY 69 TH ANNUAL LAW ENFORCEMENT APPRECIATION LUNCHEON Thursday, October 18 th 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM The Downtown Kansas City Marriott 200 W. 12th Street Kansas City, MO 64105 1
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WE ARE PROUD TO INTRODUCE THIS YEAR S KEYNOTE SPEAKER Mr. David L. Bowdich, Deputy Director of the FBI In March 2018, David Bowdich was appointed deputy director of the FBI. In this role, he oversees all FBI domestic and international investigative and intelligence activities. In April 2016, Mr. Bowdich assumed the position of associate deputy director of the FBI, where he oversaw the management of all FBI personnel, budget, administration, and infrastructure. Prior to this appointment, he served as assistant director in charge of the FBI s Los Angeles Field Office from December 2014 to April 2016. From September 2012 to December 2014, Mr. Bowdich served as the special agent in charge of the Counterterrorism Division in the Los Angeles Field Office. In that role, he led the Joint Terrorism Task Force, which was responsible for all international and domestic terrorism investigations in the Los Angeles region, surrounding counties, and the extraterritorial region of Southeast Asia. Additionally, Mr. Bowdich was responsible for all crisis management and response assets, which included the SWAT Team, Evidence Response Team, Hazardous Evidence Response Team, Underwater Search and Evidence Response Team, Rapid Deployment Team, Crisis Management Team, and special agent bomb technicians. Mr. Bowdich began his career as an FBI special agent in 1995 in the San Diego Field Office, where he investigated violent crimes and gangs and served as a SWAT Team operator and sniper. In 2003, Mr. Bowdich was promoted to FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C., where he served in the Criminal Investigative Division for one year and the Director s Office for one year. Mr. Bowdich returned to San Diego and supervised a multiagency gang task force for almost four years before being promoted in place to serve as the assistant special agent in charge over all non-white-collar crime criminal violations, the Imperial County Resident Agency, the SWAT Team, and the Evidence Response Team. 4
THE CHALLENGE For those who call Kansas City home, most consider it one of the most livable cities in America with wonderful resources for family, work and recreation. Unfortunately, Kansas City currently has also been named one of the most dangerous due to increasing levels of violent crime. While our law enforcement agencies work tirelessly to combat the trending crime problems, many service gaps remain that are necessary to address the underlying causes of crime and deterrence. The following pages illustrate how the Crime Commission and our four core programs are making a daily impact on arresting violent offenders, keeping children safe, implementing restorative justice programs that improve our city, and supporting public safety first responders in critical times of need. With your kind support, we can expand our research based programs to have an even greater impact on keeping Kansas City safe and improving the quality of life in our special city. For 69 years, the Kansas City Metropolitan Crime Commission has worked behind the scenes to empower and uplift law enforcement efforts in the Greater Kansas City area. KCMCC is a nonprofit that fights for security of the entire Greater Kansas City area on both sides of the state line, beyond limits of jurisdictions to provide unique services that help power a safer Greater Kansas City. 5
OUR HISTORY 1949 Kansas City Metropolitan Crime Commission was organized to investigate corruption. 1982 Crime Stoppers began accepting anonymous calls with the TIPS hotline. 1994 MCSP works with KC neighborhoods and nonprofit organizations allowing offenders to serve the community. 2003 Surviving Spouse and Family Endowment Fund, or SAFE, was created. They offer no strings attached financial support to the spouse & family of a first responder killed in the line of duty. 2008 Second Chance was launched providing resources to instill change, lowering the local recidivism rate. 6
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There is a saying in police work that somebody always knows. Many of these people, however, are reluctant to talk to police due to fear of reprisal and apathy. Crime Stoppers breaks through these barriers. The fear of reprisal is countered by allowing callers to remain completely anonymous. Apathy is countered by offering a cash incentive to those who may not have otherwise given information. Crime Stoppers is an invaluable asset to the community in the fight against crime in that it gives citizens a safe, secure means to give information to help solve felony crimes. Scholastic Crime Stoppers is modeled on the Crime Stoppers TIPS Hotline. A free downloadable phone app enables anonymous, untraceable tips by students from their cell phones. Piloting this program for the last 2 years in 48 schools, first responders have successfully intervened in 10 suicide attempts and cleared or prevented multiple other crimes. Lives have been saved; materials have been recovered from felony burglaries; and crimes have been prevented. All because of hundreds of Scholastic Crime Stoppers tips. THE WORK YOU HELP US DO 24,999 Felony Cases & Warrants Cleared 637 Homicides Solved 3,703 Wanted Fugitives Captured 1,662 Arrests in Robberies 50+ Schools in 11 school districts with the Crime Stoppers Scholastic Program utilize the P3 Tips App. 8
SCHOLASTIC CRIME STOPPERS PROGRAM 9 Like many other Crime Stoppers programs, ours is deeply involved with young people. We help set up and sponsor Campus Crime Stoppers programs in area schools. Some of these programs are in individual schools and some entail whole school districts. The purpose of these programs is to provide students a safe place to give information they may have about drugs, guns, vandalism, thefts, or other crimes in their schools.
Serving families of those who protect us. SAFE currently fulfills its mission by providing an immediate lump sum payment to the nearest surviving family member(s) of full time and volunteer law en-forcement officers, firefighters and emergency services personnel killed in the line of duty. Upon the death in the line of duty of a covered individual, representatives of the Board will visit the family within 24 hours and present them with a check for $25,000. There is no application to fill out and no strings attached. Sometime later (this will occur after our fund is fully endowed) the Board will again visit the family and possibly assist with financial matters on a long-term basis depending on the individual family needs. Each situation will be different and therefore long term help may or may not occur. THE WORK YOU HELP US DO $25,000 One-time payment to family of a fallen First Responder $5,000 Contribution to an Officer with catastrophic injuries $50,500 Scholarships awarded 26 Fallen Officers in KC since 2003 10
Providing neighborhood beautification projects and nonprofit assistance throughout the Greater Kansas City area. MCSP organizes several weekly cost-free neighborhood cleanups that include litter and debris collection, graffiti removal, and additional assistance to the community. MCSP has been providing direction for clients on both supervised and unsupervised probation since 1992. THE WORK YOU HELP US DO 2,786,968 community service hours performed 91,063 clients served $55,739,356 in cost-free labor for community 9,158,335 lbs of waste removed from community 11
The involvement of good citizens in helping former offenders by providing opportunities cannot be overemphasized. Returning Citizens face complex health, education, housing, employment and basic living needs. Without intervention, the likelihood of returning to incarceration is high. The human cost of recidivism is alarming; ripple effect of more crime, victimization, loss of productivity, exacerbated poverty, etc. The challenge is to mobilize assistance from the Greater Kansas City community to enhance the successful reintegration back into the community and workforce by former offenders. Second Chance provides intensive case management, job readiness training, housing assistance, and access to additional community resources for high risk ex-offenders who want to change. THE WORK YOU HELP US DO 7,142 Ex-offenders Assisted with Public Re-entry 76% Program Employment Rate 10% Less than one tenth of participants are reincarcerated 40 Community Housing Resource Partnerships 12
THE WORK WE CAN DO WITH YOUR SUPPORT CRIME STOPPERS MCSP SAFE SECOND CHANCE Fallen first responders served by SAFE, as of 2018. This includes 13 firefighters and 13 police officers. Your funding will help us create a field guide explaining how SAFE will be assisting them in the days and years following the death of their loved one. National average for recidivism (reincarceration) versus those who participate in Second Chance. 13
One way you can help us power a safer community is by your support of our Annual Law Enforcement Appreciation Luncheon and fundraiser. Please see the following details about our upcoming event and sponsorship opportunities. We hope you will consider joining us on October 18th. 14
SPONSORSHIPS ($25,000 +) Signature Sponsor FBI Deputy Director seated at your table. One of a kind exclusive experience from the city or FBI 2 VIP passes- Reception with the FBI Deputy Director Valet Parking Limited Edition Table Gifts Acknowledgement in all event material Recognition at the event Priority seating for 8 Including your choice of 2 to 6 Law Enforcement Officers $10,000 Chief Table Sponsor Chief of Police of a major city at your table One of a kind exclusive experience from the city 2 VIP passes- Reception with the FBI Deputy Director Valet Parking Limited Edition Table Gifts Acknowledgement in all event material Recognition at the event Priority seating for 8 Including your choice of 2 to 6 Law Enforcement Officers $5,000 Captain Table Sponsor Chief of Police or high-ranking officer at your table. Limited Edition table gifts Acknowledgement in all event material Recognition at the event Priority seating for 8 Including your choice of 2 to 6 Law Enforcement Officers $3,000 Sergeant Table Sponsor Acknowledgement in event material Recognition at the event Seating for 8 Including your choice of 2 to 6 Law Enforcement Officers $2,000 Officer Table Sponsor Acknowledgement in event material Seating for 8 Including your choice of 2 to 6 Law Enforcement Officers Thursday, October 18 th 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM The Downtown Kansas City Marriott 200 W. 12th Street Kansas City, MO 64105 15
For more information, please contact: Kendra Meeker, Special Events Director kmeeker@kc-crime.org (816) 960-6800 www.kc-crime.org 16