Over 100 people pack in for Brookside, Waldo crime panel discussion [Video]

EIGHT BREAK-INS IN TWO YEARS. TONIGHT, POLICE CAME TOGETHER WITH THE PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE AND LEADERS FROM THE COMMUNITIES TO TALK ABOUT ALL OF THIS. AND KMBC NINE S JACKSON KURTZ IS LIVE IN BROOKSIDE. AFTER ATTENDING TONIGHT’S MEETING AND JACKSON, YOU SPOKE WITH SEVERAL PEOPLE WHO WERE IN ATTENDANCE? YEAH, BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE UPSET. IT’S BEEN HAPPENING IN THE AREAS NOT TOO MANY SOLUTIONS TONIGHT FROM POLICE AND THE PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE, BUT POLICE SAY THEY HAVE IDENTIFIED ONE GROUP OF YOUNG PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN GOING AROUND POSSIBLY COMMITTING THESE ALLEGED CRIMES. AND JUST TO GET A SCOPE OF HOW BIG THIS IS IN BROOKSIDE AND WALDO, THEY ASKED EVERYBODY TO RAISE THEIR HAND IF THEY’VE CALLED 911 WITHIN THE PAST YEAR. AND NEARLY EVERYBODY RAISED THEIR HAND. WHEN YOU THINK OF BROOKSIDE CRIME USUALLY DOESN’T COME TO MIND. IT CONCERNS ME VERY MUCH. BUT NEIGHBORS SAY THE …