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Crime down significantly, local police chief says

Ivan Foley by Ivan Foley
October 16, 2020
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Through eight months of 2020 statistics, crime is down in Platte City by more than 20 percent compared to 2019 through the same time.

That was the word recently from Platte City Police Chief Joe Wellington, in a monthly report to staff and elected officials at the city.

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“Year-to-date crime is down significantly, except for motor vehicle thefts,” Wellington said. “We did not have any auto thefts reported during August but remain cognizant this is still a metro area problem.”

There was a break-in at the local Ford dealership but there was no loss of vehicles “due to Ford’s diligence with locking all the keys up.”

Wellington said burglaries from car dealerships “are picking back up metro-wide” and Platte City officers “continue to remain visible in these areas of town.”

Stealing/larceny cases are down by 39% thus far in 2020, Wellington’s numbers show. There have been 20 cases of stealing this year compared to 33 at this time in 2019.

Burglaries are down from five in 2019 to four in 2020. Assaults are down from four in 2019 at this time to two in 2020.

On the other side of the coin, there has been an increase in thefts of vehicles in 2020. Through eight months this year, there have been 12 stolen vehicles, compared to eight at this time in 2019.

Motor vehicle crashes are down by nine percent in 2020.

Traffic stops are down by 44% through August compared to through August of 2019 and traffic citations are down 47%. This is in part due to less traffic during the pandemic.

Speaking of the pandemic, Wellington says police officers are noticing a return to normal levels of traffic recently.

“At this time calls for service have returned to the level preceding the COVID slowdown. We are seeing more traffic on roadways and in businesses. It appears the majority of people have returned to their normal lives and habits,” Wellington said.

“We continue to be overwhelmed by the outpouring of support from our community. We are living in troubled times and support for law enforcement has waned in many areas but support in our area remains strong.”

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Ivan Foley

Ivan Foley

Ivan Foley is owner/editor/publisher of the Platte County Landmark. Foley has been on the news beat in Platte County with The Landmark for 38 years, specializing in local government issues and accountability journalism. He has penned multiple award-winning investigative pieces. He provides weekly observations and editorial commentary in his Between the Lines column and serves as host of Landmark Live, a light-hearted videocast featuring newsmakers and events in the Northland. During his time at the helm of The Landmark, the newspaper has been awarded on multiple occasions for General Excellence in the Missouri Press Association’s Better Newspaper Contest. In 2016, Foley won the Tom and Pat Gish Award, a national honor given by the School of Journalism and Media at the University of Kentucky for displaying courage, tenacity and integrity in rural journalism. A big fan of the Chiefs and Royals, Foley resides in Platte County not far from KCI Airport.

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