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This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the state of Kansas.. According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 371 law enforcement agencies employing 7,450 sworn police officers, about 266 for each 100,000 residents.
Oberlin lies on the northwest side of Sappa Creek, a tributary of the Republican River, in the High Plains region of the Great Plains. [11] Located at the intersection of U.S. routes 36 and 83 in northwestern Kansas, it is 228 miles (367 km) northwest of Wichita, 238 miles (383 km) east of Denver, and 320 miles (510 km) west-northwest of Kansas City.
Oberlin Township covers an area of 34.26 square miles (88.7 km 2) and contains one incorporated settlement, Oberlin (the county seat). The streams of North Fork Sappa Creek and South Fork Sappa Creek run through this township.
The Marion County Record, a small-town newspaper that fell into the national spotlight when its offices were raided by police in August, has won a press award recognizing excellence in journalism.
The Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department has had eight fatal police shootings in the past five years. One video was released in 2022. The department denied recent requests for the other seven.
Shaffer filed a lawsuit in late 2022 in Leavenworth District Court against the city and police department. The police department agreed to pay $25,000 to settle the lawsuit, which landed in ...
Decatur County is a county located in Northwest Kansas.Its county seat and most populous city is Oberlin. [2] As of the 2020 census, the county population was 2,764. [1] The county was named in honor of Stephen Decatur, Jr., a commodore in the United States Navy who served during both Barbary Wars in North Africa, the Quasi-War with France, and the War of 1812 with Britain.
Joplin, Missouri, police responded to assist the local department, and one of their snipers fired into the trailer, striking and killing 2-year-old Clessie Lynn Jane Crawford.