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The day before Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas said publicly that he learned about Operation LeGend on Twitter, a letter with his signature was sent to a Justice Department official embracing the concept of a surge of federal law enforcement to assist with violent crime investigations.
The Star obtained a copy of the July 7 letter from Lucas’ office addressed to Tim Garrison, U.S. attorney for the western district of Missouri. In it, Lucas thanked the federal prosecutor for contacting the mayor’s office about a proposal to send agents to Kansas City to investigate violent crime.
“We welcome and support such action and the additional resources provided to help reduce our high crime rate and improve the quality of life for our residents,” the letter said.
The letter did not call the surge Operation LeGend; that name was first publicly used on July 8 by White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnaney during a press briefing.
McEnaney described Operation LeGend, named after 4-year-old Kansas City boy LeGend Taliferro, who was shot to death while sleeping in an apartment on June 29, as “a new initiative designated to fight the surge of violent crime that we’ve seen in Kansas City, directly in response to those requests by the mayor and by the governor.”
Operation LeGend drew protests in Kansas City last weekend with critics saying a larger law enforcement presence was not welcome.
Read more here: https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article244474512.html#storylink=cpy
The day before Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas said publicly that he learned about Operation LeGend on Twitter, a letter with his signature was sent to a Justice Department official embracing the concept of a surge of federal law enforcement to assist with violent crime investigations.
The Star obtained a copy of the July 7 letter from Lucas’ office addressed to Tim Garrison, U.S. attorney for the western district of Missouri. In it, Lucas thanked the federal prosecutor for contacting the mayor’s office about a proposal to send agents to Kansas City to investigate violent crime.
“We welcome and support such action and the additional resources provided to help reduce our high crime rate and improve the quality of life for our residents,” the letter said.
The letter did not call the surge Operation LeGend; that name was first publicly used on July 8 by White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnaney during a press briefing.
McEnaney described Operation LeGend, named after 4-year-old Kansas City boy LeGend Taliferro, who was shot to death while sleeping in an apartment on June 29, as “a new initiative designated to fight the surge of violent crime that we’ve seen in Kansas City, directly in response to those requests by the mayor and by the governor.”
Operation LeGend drew protests in Kansas City last weekend with critics saying a larger law enforcement presence was not welcome.
Read more here: https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article244474512.html#storylink=cpy
