Annual Leavenworth Police Department report shows drop in crime
March 2, 2022 | Public Information Office
Each year the Leavenworth Police Department turns in an extensive report to the Federal Bureau of Investigations, and provides a summary of that report to the Leavenworth City Commission.
Police Chief Pat Kitchens discussed the report with the City Commission during a study session March 1. Statistics from the Leavenworth Police Department show:
- A drop in overall crime of 14%
- Part I Crimes, which includes murder, rape, robbery, assault, theft or auto theft; were reported significantly less than 2020. In 2020 there were 1,902. In 2021 there were 1,581 reported.
- Homicides were up from two to four. All four have been solved, Kitchens said.
- There were 13 Professional Standards investigations, which are investigations about a police officer's behavior or handling of a situation. Any complaint is investigated by Maj. Dan Nicodemus, Deputy Police Chief.
- There were 1382 arrests of adult offenders and 107 arrests of juvenile offenders. With the closure of the youth detention facility, these youth are taken to the Wyandotte County Juvenile Detention Center.
There are many other statistics available. The police department collect a ton of data, Kitchens said.
"As vital as this information is, it is only half of the equation," Kitchens said. "Just as important as all this data is -- and it's valuable that we use it -- as important to me is how people feel about this community, whether they feel safe. That's a little bit harder to quantify and to measure."
