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Lee’s Summit, MO – On Monday, 1/23/2023 at approximately 3:30 a.m. officers were dispatched to the 900 block of NE Bristol Drive on the report of a domestic disturbance inside a residence.  As officers arrived on scene, they quickly learned that a male suspect inside the house had fired multiple shots from a handgun during the disturbance.  Officers quickly evacuated the two remaining persons from the scene and set a perimeter around the incident.  Tactical officers and vehicles were called to the scene to negotiate with the man and resolve the situation.  Officers used drones and robots to enter the residence and search for the suspect after he refused to speak with negotiators on the phone.  Eventually, chemical irritants were deployed to the interior of the house and the robot was once again used to search interior of the home.  When the...

The City’s crews are preparing for snow on Sat., Jan. 21, and overnight into Sun., Jan. 22. Crews are scheduled to report at 7 p.m. on Saturday to treat streets as needed and will continue to work overnight into Sunday. Snow accumulations for the Lee’s Summit area may be around one half inch, and the main concerns will be snow overwhelming pavements Saturday night and a re-freeze Sunday morning when temperatures drop below freezing. READ MORE -->

On Thursday, Jan. 19, the City of Lee’s Summit City Council unanimously passed a resolution expressing opposition to the location of a landfill outside the corporate City limits and near the border of the City. The resolution is in response to the potential development of a landfill within the city limits of Kansas City, located between 155th Street and 150 Highway, and Horridge Road on the west to Peterson Road on the east.      City Council acknowledges there will be a need for a landfill to serve the metropolitan area in the future, however, any attempt to do so should be undertaken with the full engagement of the entire metropolitan area, inclusive of impacted counties, cities and residents. To read Resolution 23-02 in its entirety, visit https://cityofls.net/Portals/0/Resolution-23.pdf.    

The City’s crews are preparing for a chance of snow which is expected to arrive in the early morning hours on Thurs., Jan. 19. A small crew will report at 3 a.m. on Thursday to treat streets with salt as needed. Air and pavement temperatures are expected to bottom out around freezing and slick streets are possible. Drivers should use caution during the Thursday morning commute, especially on elevated surfaces such as bridges and overpasses.

The City will continue to monitor the weather forecast and will update its response as needed.

On January 6th, 2023, plain clothes officers with our Crime Reduction Team were working in one of our shopping centers to apprehend shoplifters. As the officers were coordinating their efforts with one of the businesses, they were alerted to a suspect that was walking out of the store with a large amount of merchandise. Our officers detained the suspect and began their investigation. The investigation would reveal that the suspect had fled the store with approximately $6500 worth of clothing, electronics, jewelry and cologne; the suspect also showed up that day in a vehicle that was listed as stolen out of Kansas City, MO. A search of the stolen car would reveal additional stolen items from other retailers and one item that stood out; a large, silver trophy. The engraving on the trophy revealed that it belonged to the late Len Dawson, it was presented to him for his years of...