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Independence Police Department

City agencyKS0630200NIBRS since 2000LEMAS 1990Founded 1882

Montgomery County, Kansas

Serves ~9,942 residents · LEMAS survey

Crime trendsNIBRSLEMASPoliciesOpen dataPOP projects

The Independence Police Department serves the citizens of Independence, Missouri, a city of approximately 117,213 inhabitants located in Jackson County, Missouri, just east of Kansas City. According to the department, its mission is "to protect life, individual liberty and the property of all people within the City of Independence; to develop and maintain a positive relationship with members of the community; and to foster a positive work environment for police employees." The department is also under the jurisdiction of the Jackson County Sheriff's Office.

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Crime & staffing trends

No snapshot trend data is stored for this agency yet. Explore its full crime and employment history directly on the FBI Crime Data Explorer, which covers UCR summary data, NIBRS incidents, and police employment for ORI KS0630200.

NIBRS incident detail

NIBRS victims by offense · Jan 2021Dec 2024

Incident-based victim counts reported through NIBRS, from the FBI Crime Data Explorer.

Motor Vehicle Theft: victim & offender age · 68 victims, 84 offenders
Victim sex
Male42 (62%)
Female26 (38%)
Victim race
White63 (94%)
Black or African American4 (6%)
Incident location
Residence/Home42 (55%)
Highway/Road/Alley/Street/Sidewalk14 (18%)
Parking/Drop Lot/Garage7 (9%)
Commercial/Office Building4 (5%)
Hotel/Motel/Etc.3 (4%)
Other/Unknown2 (3%)

Top 6 of 10 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Parent1 (100%)
Co-occurring offenses
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property7 (54%)
Theft From Motor Vehicle2 (15%)
Simple Assault1 (8%)
Drug/Narcotic Violations1 (8%)
Drug Equipment Violations1 (8%)
Stolen Property Offenses1 (8%)

Open data

Possible sources (10) — portal matches not yet confirmed

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Staffing

LEMAS 1990 survey
Full-time sworn
16
Part-time sworn
0
Full-time civilian
8
Part-time civilian
1
Population served
9,942

Source: BJS LEMAS 1990 (ICPSR) · all waves 1987–2020

FBI police employment

Employment counts for this agency are available through the FBI Crime Data Explorer.

Open data

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POP conference activity

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