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Overall violent crime clearance rates improved from 52% to 60% between 1998 and 1999. [14] In 2003 the Wichita Police Department again received national recognition by receiving the Webber Seavey Award for Best Policing project in 2002 for a midsized City. The Police Department was recognized for the Plainview Project, which addressed juvenile ...
Darius Sales Munger House, built in 1868, is the oldest surviving building in Witchita. [3]Pioneer trader Jesse Chisholm, a half-white, half-Native American who was illiterate but who spoke multiple Native American languages, established a trading post at the site in the 1860s, and Chisholm traded cattle and goods with the Wichita tribe at points south along a trail from Wichita into present ...
The U.S. state of Kansas is served with four area codes in the North American Numbering Plan: 316, 620, 785, and 913. Area code. Location. 316. city of Wichita and the surrounding area. 620. most of southern Kansas, excluding those areas covered by the 316 area code. 785. most of northern Kansas, excluding those areas covered by the 913 area code.
Violent crime spiked in Wichita in 2020 and 2021, especially gun violence, surpassing homicide records set during the street-gang wars of the early 1990s. In 2021 alone, 207 people were shot in ...
Total violent crime in Wichita went from 3,681 incidents to 4,369 in the amended report; statewide it went from 12,849 to 13,808. Total property crime in Wichita went from 14,061 to 16,915 in the ...
The Wichita Fraternal Order of Police is flexing its political clout — with the backing of state and national police union leaders — against Wichita Mayor Brandon Whipple. The FOP endorsed ...
Brandon Whipple (born July 13, 1982) [1] is an American politician and academic who formerly served as mayor of Wichita, Kansas.He previously served as a Democratic member of the Kansas House of Representatives representing the 96th district, which included part of south Wichita and was the Ranking Minority member on the Higher Education Budget committee.
There were 32 murders recorded in 2022 compared to 39 in 2023. Wichita’s violent crime in 2023 occurred at a rate of 11.5 per 1,000 people. Along with those murders, Wichita Police Department ...