KANSAS CITY, MO (KCTV) -
Police are going directly after criminals in some of the city's most dangerous areas.
Kansas City, MO, Police Chief Darryl Forte wants to devote more officers to high-crime hot spots, but there is some concern that would put other areas at risk.
Forte said he stands behind his plan, one that will incorporate detectives from all different units within the force. Some will take temporary rotations into Kansas City's high crime areas. Those so-called hot spots will get more law enforcement eyes and ears in the coming months.
Forte does not want to say how many detectives will shift responsibilities because he doesn't want anyone to fear their police services will suffer. He believes no investigations will be affected.
He emphasizes this effort to improve in high crime areas will not result in reassignments, but rather temporary changes in posts for detectives in other units.
"When you start talking about bringing people back out in the field that hadn't been out there in years, that gives them a chance to go back out and understand what basic police work is," Forte said.
Forte said he believes his anti-crime initiative is working, and this is one more part to the solution.
The reallocation of detectives is not expected to cost the city any more money.
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